myEtymology.com: Portuguese etymology of pavão

Etymology of the Portuguese word pavão

the Portuguese word pavão

derived from the Latin word pavere (be frightened or terrified at)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *pau-

Catalan pago, Dutch pauw, English peacock, French paon, German Pfau, Icelandic páfugl, Italian pavone, Lithuanian povas, Polish paw, Provençal pao, Russian павa, Swedish pofogel