Where does “pailán” come from?

pailán (Galician) comes from Galician Paio, from Latin Pelagius, from Ancient Greek πελάγιος, from Ancient Greek -ῐος, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

pailán (Galician): a rustic, uneducated person; rustic, uneducated,...

Definitions

  1. a rustic, uneducated person; rustic, uneducated,...

Ancestry of “pailán”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GalicianPaioPelagio; Pelagius
2LatinPelagiuspelagian, pelagic (of or relating to the open sea)
3Ancient Greekπελάγιοςof the sea
4Ancient Greek-ῐοςbelonging to; of”, “belonging to”, “pertaining to
5Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →Every word from Ancient Greek -ῐος →Every word from Ancient Greek πελάγιος →