Where does “Po” come from?

Po is an English name for the river derived from Italian Po, from Latin Padus, from Ancient Ligurian Bodincus, tracing back through Proto-Indo-European roots dʰewh₂- and dʰewbʰ-.

Ancestry of “Po”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Italian	Po	—
2	Latin	Padus	—
3	Lepontic	Bodincus	—
4	Proto-Indo-European	bʰudʰmḗn	bottom
5	Proto-Indo-European	dʰewbʰ-	deep
6	Proto-Indo-European	dʰewh₂-	smoke; mist, haze

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- →