Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/pāwô

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pāvō (“peacock”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpɑː.wɔːː/

Noun

*pāwô m

peacock, peafowl

Inflection

Declension of *pāwô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*pāwô	*pāwaniz
vocative	*pāwô	*pāwaniz
accusative	*pāwanų	*pāwanunz
genitive	*pāwiniz	*pāwanǫ̂
dative	*pāwini	*pāwammaz
instrumental	*pāwinē	*pāwammiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *pāwō m, *pāwā f
- 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
Old Norse: pái
- ⇒ Old Norse: páfugl
  - Icelandic: páfugl
  - Faroese: páfuglur
  - Norwegian: påfugl
  - Swedish: påfågel
  - Danish: påfugl
  - Gutnish: påfågel, pafäugl