Where does “papawid” come from?
papawid (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog pawid, from Tagalog payid, from Romanian palid, from Hungarian Pali, from Hungarian -i, from Hungarian -é, from Albanian -ë, from Proto-West Germanic -jā — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
Ancestry of “papawid”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | pawid | nipa palm |
| 2 | Tagalog | payid | carried or borne by the wind |
| 3 | Romanian | palid | pale, pallid |
| 4 | Hungarian | Pali | — |
| 5 | Hungarian | -i | Added to a proper noun, noun or postposition to... |
| 6 | Hungarian | -é | Used to form the lative, expressing the direction... |
| 7 | Albanian | -ë | -ing, -ion |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | -jā | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |