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Where does “toepad” come from?

toepad (English) comes from English pad, from Dutch pad, from Middle Dutch pat, from Old Dutch path, from Proto-West Germanic paþ, from Proto-Germanic paþaz, from Proto-Iranian pántaHh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian pántaHs — to pass; path.

toepad (English): A pad that is part of an animal's toe

Definitions

  1. A pad that is part of an animal's toe

Ancestry of “toepad”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpadA flattened mass of anything soft, to sit or lie...
2Dutchpadpath; toad; The slot in the frame that accepts...
3Middle Dutchpat—
4Old Dutchpath—
5Proto-West Germanicpaþpath
6Proto-Germanicpaþazpath
7Proto-IranianpántaHh—
8Proto-Indo-IranianpántaHspath
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpent-to pass; path
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pent- →