Where does “Paeonian” come from?

Paeonian (English) comes from English Paeonia, from Latin paeōnia, from Ancient Greek παιωνία, from Ancient Greek παιών, from Ancient Greek παιάν, from Ancient Greek Παιάν, from Ancient Greek παίω, from Proto-Indo-European *p(y)eh₂w-.

Paeonian (English): Of or pertaining to Paeonia or its people

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to Paeonia or its people

Ancestry of “Paeonian”, step by step

Paeonian traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Paeonia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishPaeoniaThe land of the Paeonians, a people inhabiting between the lands of Macedonians, Thracians, and Illyrians
2Latinpaeōniapeony
3Ancient Greekπαιωνίαpeony
4Ancient Greekπαιώνa physician
5Ancient Greekπαιάνhymn to Apollo
6Ancient GreekΠαιάνPaean; in Greek mythology the physician of the gods
7Ancient GreekπαίωI strike, hit; I strike against or upon; I devour
8Proto-Indo-European*p(y)eh₂w-

via English N

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishNThe ordinal number fourteenth, derived from this...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *p(y)eh₂w-Every word from Ancient Greek παίωEvery word from Ancient Greek Παιάν