Where does “Pfädchen” come from?

Pfädchen (German) comes from German pfad, from Middle High German pfat, from Old High German pfad, from Proto-West Germanic paþ, from Proto-Germanic paþaz, from Proto-Iranian pántaHh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian pántaHs, from Proto-Indo-European pent- — to pass; path.

Pfädchen (German): Diminutive of Pfad

Definitions

  1. Diminutive of Pfad

Ancestry of “Pfädchen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanpfadpath
2Middle High Germanpfat—
3Old High Germanpfad—
4Proto-West Germanicpaþpath
5Proto-Germanicpaþazpath
6Proto-IranianpántaHh—
7Proto-Indo-IranianpántaHspath
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpent-to pass; path
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pent- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian pántaHs →Every word from Proto-Iranian pántaHh →