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
Ancestry of “peonrød”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | παίω | I strike, hit; I strike against or upon; I devour |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | *p(y)eh₂w- | — |