Where does “پاد” come from?

پاد (Persian) comes from Middle English pad-, from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎮𐎹, from Proto-Indo-Iranian paH-, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂- — to protect; to shepherd.

پاد (Persian): protection, defence

Definitions

  1. protection, defence

Ancestry of “پاد”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishpad-—
2Old Persian𐎱𐎠𐎮𐎹to protect
3Proto-Indo-IranianpaH-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂-to protect; to shepherd
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian paH- →Every word from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎮𐎹 →