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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/paþaz
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) | |||
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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
- Middle English: path, paath, paaþ, pathe, paththe, paþ, paþþe; pað, peþ
- Old Frisian: path
- Saterland Frisian: Paad, Pad
- West Frisian: paad
- Old Saxon: path
- Middle Low German: pat, pāt, paet
- German Low German: Padd
- Middle Low German: pat, pāt, paet
- Old Dutch: path
- Middle Dutch: pat m or n
- Dutch: pad n
- Middle Dutch: pat m or n
- Old High German: pfad, phad
- Middle High German: pfat, pat, phat
- German: Pfad m
- Luxembourgish: Pad
- Middle High German: pfat, pat, phat
- Old English: pæþ m
- → Proto-Finnic: *padeh(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