noun · feminine
pauta
*pauta f
Meaning
- Proto Western Romancefemininereconstructionpaw
Origins
Of obscure and highly debated origin; pre-Roman and (problematically) Germanic origins have both been proposed. Perhaps has to do with the personal name Pauto recorded in Roman inscriptions around Trier. Compare the synonymous *patta.
Gallo-Romance
- Catalanpota
- Occitanpautafrom Old Occitan pauta
- Old Frenchpoe
- Basquepotikafrom Old Occitan pauta
Borrowings (or cognates)
- GermanPfotefrom Middle Low German pōte
- Dutchpootfrom Old Dutch *pota
- Limburgishpoeatfrom Old Dutch *pota
- Rhine Franconianpōt
Ibero-Romance
- Old Navarro-Aragonesepota
- Galicianpoutafrom Old Galician-Portuguese *pouta