pau
Galician
/ˈpaw/
noun
Definitions
- stick
- wood material
- blow
Etymology
Inherited from Old Portuguese pao inherited from Latin pālus (stake, prop, pale, post, pole, stay) inherited from Proto-Italic *pākslos inherited from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-slos.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*peh₂ǵ-slos
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- palus English
- paalu Finnish
- impālāre Latin
- impālō Latin
- palaris Latin
- pālus Latin
- trepalium Latin
- palo Italian
- pal French
- empalar Spanish, Castilian
- palo Spanish, Castilian
- *peh₂ǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *peh₂ǵ-slos Proto-Indo-European
- *pāǵe- Proto-Indo-European
- pau Portuguese
- *palaz Proto-Germanic
- pal Polish
- pal Old English
- pex Old French
- par Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- pfal Old High German
- pfāl Old High German
- pal Middle French
- *pālaz gmw-pro
- pāl Old Dutch
- pao Old Portuguese
- *pākslos Proto-Italic
- palu Asturian
- pâl Friulian
- pal Old Occitan
- palissada Old Occitan