Where does “Pia” come from?

Pia (Swedish) comes from Latin Pius, from Latin pius, from Proto-Italic pwījos, from Proto-Indo-European puHyós, from Proto-Indo-European pewH- — to be clean, pure.

Pia (Swedish): popular in the twentieth century

Definitions

  1. popular in the twentieth century

Ancestry of “Pia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinPiusa cognomen, particularly of later Roman emperors
2Latinpiuspious, devout; dutiful, loyal, conscientious;...
3Proto-Italicpwījospious, devout
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanpuHyóspurifying
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanpewH-to be clean, pure

Words derived from “Pia”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pewH- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European puHyós →Every word from Proto-Italic pwījos →