Where does “pauja” come from?

pauja (Proto-Albanian) comes from Proto-Indo-European pew- — to blow, breathe; to fear; to blow, to breathe.

Ancestry of “pauja”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Proto-Indo-European	pew-	to blow, breathe; to fear; to blow, to breathe

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