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

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
      - → Amharic: ፒኮክ (pikok)
      - → Hawaiian: pīkake
        → English: pikake
      - → Māori: pīkake
      - → Unami: pikàkës
    - 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: pfāwe, pfā
  - German: Pfau m, (chiefly Austria) Pfaue f
    - ⇒ German: Pfauhahn f
  - ⇒ Middle High German: *pfāwelīn, *pfāuwelīn (diminutive)
    - German: Pfäulein (archaic)
    - → Estonian: paabulind
    - → Old East Slavic:
      - Belarusian: паўлі́н (pawlín)
      - Russian: павли́н (pavlín)
  - Rhine Franconian: Fau, Pau
    Frankfurterisch: IPA [fau]
- Yiddish: פּאַווע (pave)