Where does “pēa” come from?

pēa (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic pāwô, from Latin pāvō, from Ancient Greek ταώς — peacock; type of fish.

pēa (Old English): peafowl; peacock

Definitions

  1. peafowl; peacock

Ancestry of “pēa”, step by step

pēa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic pāwô

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

via Proto-Germanic pawô

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicpawôpeacock
2Latinpavopeacock, peafowl; a bird associated with Argus...

Words derived from “pēa”

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