Where does “puar” come from?

puar (Friulian) comes from Latin pauper, from Latin pavo-pars, from Proto-Indo-European pau- — smallness.

puar (Friulian): poor

Definitions

  1. poor

Ancestry of “puar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpauperpoor
2Latinpavo-parsgetting little
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpau-smallness
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pau- →Every word from Latin pavo-pars →Every word from Latin pauper →
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