Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/paþaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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[1] (compare Old Persian 𐎱𐎰 (p-θ /⁠paθi⁠/)) during the Alan invasion, from Proto-Iranian *pántaHh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pántaHs, from Proto-Indo-European *póntoh₁s, from *pent- (“path”). Compare native Germanic *funsaz (“ready, willing”) and *finþaną (“to find, to discover, to come upon”). Cognate with Sanskrit पन्था (pánthā-).

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

Proto-West Germanic: *paþ
- Old English: pæþ m
  - Middle English: path, paath, paaþ, pathe, paththe, paþ, paþþe; pað, peþ
    - English: path
    - Scots: peth, paith
- Old Frisian: path
  - Saterland Frisian: Paad, Pad
  - 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 m
    - Luxembourgish: Pad
→ Proto-Finnic: *padëh (see there for further descendants)

References

Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 297

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[1] Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 297