Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/pāwō

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *pāwô.

Noun

*pāwō m

1. peacock, peafowl

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*pāwō
Genitive	*pāwini, *pāwan
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*pāwō	*pāwan
Accusative	*pāwan	*pāwan
Genitive	*pāwini, *pāwan	*pāwanō
Dative	*pāwini, *pāwan	*pāum
Instrumental	*pāwini, *pāwan	*pāum

Alternative reconstructions

• *pāwā f

Descendants

• Old English: pāwa, pēa m, pāwe f
  • Middle English: po, pa, paa, paue, pe, poo, poue
    • English: pea, po (archaic)
    • ⇒ Middle English: pecok, pocok, pacok
      • English: peacock
        • → Hawaiian: pīkake
          • → English: pikake
        • → Maori: pīkake
      • Scots: pacok, pecok
• Old Frisian: *pāwa, *pāu
  • Saterland Frisian: Pau
  • West Frisian: pau
• Old Saxon: pāo, *pāwo
  • Middle Low German: pâwe, pauwe, pâw
    • German Low German: Pau
• Old Dutch: *pāwo, *pāo
  • Middle Dutch: pau, pawe, pauwe
    • Dutch: pauw
      • Afrikaans: pou
      • Negerhollands: powwis
      • → Munsee: páaw
      • → Papiamentu: pòwis
• Old High German: pfāwo, pfāwa
  • Middle High German: pāwe, pauwe
    • German: Pfau m, (chiefly Austria) Pfaue f
      • ⇒ German: Pfauhahn f
    • ⇒ Middle High German: *pāwelīn, *pāuwelīn (diminutive)
      • German: Pfäulein (archaic)
      • → Estonian: paabulind
      • → Old East Slavic:
        • Belarusian: паўлі́н (paŭlín)
        • Russian: павли́н (pavlín)
    • Rhine Franconian: Fau, Pau

      Frankfurterisch: IPA [fau]

  • Yiddish: פּאַווע (pave)