Where does “păvuță” come from?

păvuță (Romanian) comes from Romanian pava, from French paver, from Old French paver, from Vulgar Latin pavare, from Latin pavio, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂w- — few, little; smallness.

Ancestry of “păvuță”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianpavato pave
2Frenchpaverto cobble, to pave with cobblestones or something...
3Old Frenchpaverto pave, to cover
4Vulgar Latinpavareto beat down, to smash
5LatinpavioI beat, strike; I ram; I tread down
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂w-few, little; smallness
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂w-