Étymologie et Histoire de pawl

On trouve aussi *pak-, une racine proto-indo-européenne qui signifie "attacher."

Elle pourrait constituer tout ou partie de mots comme : Areopagus, appease, appeasement, compact (adj.) "concentré," compact (n.1) "accord," fang, impact, impale, impinge, newfangled, pace (prép.) "avec la permission de," pacific, pacify, pact, pagan, page (n.1) "feuille de papier," pageant, pale (n.) "limite, frontière, restriction," palette, palisade, patio, pawl, pax, pay, peace, peasant, pectin, peel (n.2) "instrument en forme de pelle," pole (n.1) "pieu," propagate, propagation, travail, travel.

Elle pourrait également être à l'origine de mots comme : le sanskrit pasa- "corde, fil," pajra- "solide, ferme," l'avestique pas- "enchaîner," le grec pegnynai "fixer, rendre ferme, solide," pagos "pointe, falaise, colline rocheuse," le latin pangere "fixer, attacher," pagina "colonne," pagus "district," le slavon paž "cloison en bois," et l'ancien anglais fegan "joindre," fon "attraper, saisir."