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Where does “*Had-” come from?

*Had- (Proto-Iranian) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian Had-, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éd-.

Ancestry of “*Had-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-IranianHad-to eat
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éd-—
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