Where does “peonrød” come from?
peonrød (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål peon, from Ancient Greek παιωνία, from Ancient Greek παιών, from Ancient Greek παιάν, from Ancient Greek Παιάν, from Ancient Greek παίω, from Proto-Indo-European *p(y)eh₂w-.
peonrød (Norwegian Bokmål): red as a beetroot
Definitions
- red as a beetroot
Ancestry of “peonrød”, step by step
peonrød traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål peon
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | peon | a peony |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | παιωνία | peony |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | παιών | a physician |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | παιάν | hymn to Apollo |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Παιάν | Paean; in Greek mythology the physician of the gods |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | παίω | I strike, hit; I strike against or upon; I devour |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | *p(y)eh₂w- | — |