Where does “pāvests” come from?
pāvests (Latvian) comes from English pawest, from Middle Low German pāwes, from Old French papes, from Latin papa, from Ancient Greek παπᾶς, from Old Norse súla, from Proto-Germanic sūliz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱsewl-.
Ancestry of “pāvests”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | pawest | second-person singular simple present form of paw |
| 2 | Middle Low German | pāwes | — |
| 3 | Old French | papes | — |
| 4 | Latin | papa | an infant's cry for food; father; bishop |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | παπᾶς | priest |
| 6 | Old Norse | súla | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | sūliz | beam, post; column, pillar |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱsewl- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱsew- | — |