Where does “pać-” come from?

pać- (Proto-Indo-Aryan) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian pač-, from Proto-Indo-European pekʷ-, from Proto-Indo-European h₃-ép-kʷ-.

Ancestry of “pać-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Iranianpač-—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpekʷ-to cook; to ripen
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃-ép-kʷ-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃-ép-kʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pekʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian pač- →