Where does “pau” come from?

pau (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch pauwo, from Proto-Germanic pāwô, from Latin pāvō, from Ancient Greek ταώς — peacock; type of fish.

Ancestry of “pau”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchpauwo—
2Proto-Germanicpāwôpeacock, peafowl
3Latinpāvōpeacock, peafowl; a bird associated with Argus and sacred to Hera or Juno; eaten as a delicacy
4Ancient Greekταώςpeacock; type of fish

Words derived from “pau”

Every word from Ancient Greek ταώς →Every word from Latin pāvō →Every word from Proto-Germanic pāwô →