Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/paþaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

Borrowed from Iranian (compare Old Persian 𐎱𐎰 (p-θ /paθi/)), from Proto-Iranian *pántaHh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pántaHs, from Proto-Indo-European *póntoh₁s, from *pent- (“path”). Cognate with Sanskrit पथिन् (páthin).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpɑθɑz/

Noun

*paþaz m

path

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *paþaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*paþaz	paþōz, paþōs
vocative	*paþ	paþōz, paþōs
accusative	*paþą	*paþanz
genitive	paþas, paþis	*paþǫ̂
dative	*paþai	*paþamaz
instrumental	*paþō	*paþamiz

Derived terms

*paþjaną
*paþōną

Descendants

Old English: pæþ
- Middle English: path, peth
  - English: path
  - Scots: path, peth, paith
Old Frisian: path
- Saterland Frisian: Paad
- West Frisian: paad
Old Saxon: path
- Middle Low German: pat, pāt, paet
  - German Low German: Padd
Old Dutch: path
- Middle Dutch: pat m or n
  - Dutch: pad n
Old High German: pfad, phad
- Middle High German: pfat, pat, phat
  - German: Pfad
  - Luxembourgish: Pad
→ Finnic: *padeh
- Finnish: pade
- Karelian: pajehta, patehin

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