Where does “pfad” come from?

pfad (Old High German) comes 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.

Ancestry of “pfad”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicpaþpath
2Proto-Germanicpaþazpath
3Proto-IranianpántaHh—
4Proto-Indo-IranianpántaHspath
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpent-to pass; path

Words derived from “pfad”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pent- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian pántaHs →Every word from Proto-Iranian pántaHh →