Where does “pāwa” come from?

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

pāwa (Old English): peacock

Definitions

  1. peacock

Ancestry of “pāwa”, step by step

pāwa 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-West Germanic *pāwō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*pāwōpeacock, peafowl

Words derived from “pāwa”

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