Where does “पाव” come from?

पाव (Old Gujarati) comes from Sanskrit पाप, from Proto-Indo-Iranian pāpás — bad.

पाव (Old Gujarati): sin

Definitions

  1. sin

Ancestry of “पाव”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritपापbad, vicious, wicked, evil, wretched, vile, low;...
2Proto-Indo-Iranianpāpásbad
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian pāpás →Every word from Sanskrit पाप →
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