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Where does “pfāwo” come from?

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

Ancestry of “pfāwo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicpāwôpeacock, peafowl
2Latinpāvō—
3Ancient Greekταώςpeacock; type of fish

Words derived from “pfāwo”

  • Pfau
  • פּאַווע
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