Where does “peip” come from?

peip (Pohnpeian) comes from English pavé, from Old French paver, from Vulgar Latin pavare, from Latin pavio, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂w- — few, little; smallness.

peip (Pohnpeian): To be paved, to be asphalted, to be blacktopped

Definitions

To be paved, to be asphalted, to be blacktopped

Ancestry of “peip”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	English	pavé	A paved surface, a pavement; A setting of...
2	Old French	paver	to pave, to cover
3	Vulgar Latin	pavare	to beat down, to smash
4	Latin	pavio	I beat, strike; I ram; I tread down
5	Proto-Indo-European	peh₂w-	few, little; smallness

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