Where does “pauwoog” come from?

pauwoog (Dutch) comes from Dutch oog, from Middle Dutch ôge, from Old Dutch ōga, from Proto-West Germanic augā, from Proto-Germanic augô, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ekʷ- — to see; eye.

pauwoog (Dutch): Refers to various lepidopteran insects

Definitions

  1. Refers to various lepidopteran insects

Ancestry of “pauwoog”, step by step

pauwoog traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch oog

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchoogeye; pip; eye of a needle
2Middle Dutchôgeeye
3Old Dutchōgaeye
4Proto-West Germanicaugāeye
5Proto-Germanicaugôeye
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ekʷ-to see; eye

via Dutch Pauw

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchPauwPavo
2Middle Dutchpau—
3Old Dutchpauwo—
4Proto-Germanicpāwôpeacock, peafowl
5Latinpāvōpeacock, peafowl; a bird associated with Argus and sacred to Hera or Juno; eaten as a delicacy
6Ancient Greekταώςpeacock; type of fish

Words derived from “pauwoog”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ekʷ- →