Where does “palayaw” come from?
palayaw (Pangasinan) comes from Tagalog palayaw, from Tagalog pa, from Tagalog papa, from English papa, from Portuguese papá, from French papa, from Middle French papa, from Old French papa — to scrape, shave, sharpen.
palayaw (Pangasinan): nickname
Definitions
- nickname
Ancestry of “palayaw”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | palayaw | nickname |
| 2 | Tagalog | pa | (not) yet |
| 3 | Tagalog | papa | dad; daddy |
| 4 | English | papa | Dad, daddy, father; a familiar or old-fashioned... |
| 5 | Portuguese | papá | dad; daddy; father; food |
| 6 | French | papa | papa, a child's father; also as form of address:... |
| 7 | Middle French | papa | — |
| 8 | Old French | papa | — |
| 9 | Latin | papa | an infant's cry for food; father; bishop |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | παπᾶς | priest |
| 11 | Old Norse | súla | pillar, column |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | sūliz | beam, post; column, pillar |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱsewl- | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱsew- | to scrape, shave, sharpen |