Where does “Pfad” come from?

Pfad (German) comes 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.

Pfad (German): path

Definitions

  1. path

Ancestry of “Pfad”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanpfat—
2Old High Germanpfad—
3Proto-West Germanicpaþpath
4Proto-Germanicpaþazpath
5Proto-IranianpántaHh—
6Proto-Indo-IranianpántaHspath
7Proto-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 →