- paus-
- paus-English meaning: to let goDeutsche Übersetzung: “los-, ablassen”Material: Gk. παύω “make cease”, Med. “hear auf, lasse ab”, παῦλα “ tranquility “, παυσωλή “rest”; O.Pruss. pausto “wild”, O.C.S. pustъ “ deserted, abandoned, forsaken, waste, desolate “; pustiti, Russ. рustítь, puskátь “(los)lassen”, Sloven. delo-pust “Feierabend” etc. maybe Alb. pushtoj “hug, not let go”, Alb.Gheg p(ë)shtoj, Alb. shpëtoj “escape, save, rescue”. Maybe Alb. bosh “empty”References: WP. II 1, Trautmann 208 f.
Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary. 2015.