Where does “pauc” come from?
pauc (Occitan) comes from Old Occitan pauc, from Latin paucus, from Proto-Italic paukos, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ukos, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂w- — few, little; smallness.
pauc (Occitan): little
Ancestry of “pauc”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Occitan | pauc | little |
| 2 | Latin | paucus | few, little |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | paukos | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₂ukos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₂w- | few, little; smallness |