Where does “pahjek” come from?

pahjek (Mokilese) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian paH-, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂- — to protect; to shepherd.

pahjek (Mokilese): forty

Definitions

  1. forty

Ancestry of “pahjek”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-IranianpaH-—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂-to protect; to shepherd
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian paH- →