pfawo

Old High German

Alternative forms

  • pfāwa

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *pāwō.

Noun

pfāwo m

  1. peacock

Derived terms

  • pfāwenfedara
  • pfāwin

Descendants

Declension of pfāwo (masculine n-stem)
case singular plural
nominative pfāwo pfāwon, pfāwun
accusative pfāwon, pfāwun pfāwon, pfāwun
genitive pfāwen, pfāwin pfāwōno
dative pfāwen, pfāwin pfāwōm, pfāwōn

Descendants

  • 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 (paŭlín)
        • Russian: павли́н (pavlín)
    • Rhine Franconian: Fau, Pau
      Frankfurterisch: IPA [fau]
  • Yiddish: פּאַווע (pave)
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