Words that come from Proto-Indo-Iranian paH-

400 words across 48 languages descend from Proto-Indo-Iranian paH- — including defense, defendant, defence, defend, manifest, fence, offensive, manifestation.

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English (165)

Latin (47)

Italian (32)

Swedish (23)

French (16)

Dutch (16)

Danish (10)

Russian (7)

Faroese (6)

Icelandic (5)

Catalan (4)

Greek (4)

Ancient Greek (4)

Czech (4)

Armenian (4)

Proto-Indo-European (3)

Middle French (3)

Norwegian (3)

Polish (3)

Crimean Tatar (2)

Old Dutch (2)

Middle Dutch (2)

Japanese (2)

Hungarian (2)

Latvian (2)

Luxembourgish (2)

Georgian (2)

Yiddish (2)

Sanskrit (2)

Telugu (2)

Ido (2)

Arabic (1)

Old High German (1)

Old Swedish (1)

Estonian (1)

Old Persian (1)

Slovene (1)

Maltese (1)

Old Occitan (1)

Dalmatian (1)

Venetian (1)

Vilamovian (1)

Hawaiian (1)

Galician (1)

Old Spanish (1)

Lithuanian (1)

Turkish (1)

Old Frisian (1)