Where does “Pad” come from?

Pad (Luxembourgish) comes from Old High German phad, from Proto-Germanic paþaz, from Proto-Iranian pántaHh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian pántaHs, from Proto-Indo-European pent- — to pass; path.

Pad (Luxembourgish): path

Definitions

  1. path

Ancestry of “Pad”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanphad—
2Proto-Germanicpaþazpath
3Proto-IranianpántaHh—
4Proto-Indo-IranianpántaHspath
5Proto-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 →