Etymology

From Sanskrit पशु ‎(paśu, “cow, cattle”) +‎ -వు ‎(-vu); from Proto-Indo-European *peḱu- ‎(“livestock, domestic animals”). Cognates include Latin pecus ‎(“cattle”), Old Armenian ասր ‎(asr, “fleece”), Old English feoh, Old Norse fé, Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿 ‎(faihu) and Lithuanian pēkus ‎(“cattle”).