Where does “paweeën” come from?

paweeën (Luxembourgish) comes from French paver, from Old French paver, from Vulgar Latin pavare, from Latin pavio, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂w- — few, little; smallness.

paweeën (Luxembourgish): to pave

Definitions

  1. to pave

Ancestry of “paweeën”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpaverto cobble, to pave with cobblestones or something...
2Old Frenchpaverto pave, to cover
3Vulgar Latinpavareto beat down, to smash
4LatinpavioI beat, strike; I ram; I tread down
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂w-few, little; smallness
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂w- →Every word from Latin pavio →Every word from Vulgar Latin pavare →