Where does “pan” come from?

pan (Walloon) comes from Latin pānem, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂- — to protect; to shepherd.

pan (Walloon): bread

Definitions

  1. bread

Ancestry of “pan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpānem
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂-to protect; to shepherd
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂-Every word from Latin pānem