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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/paþ
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *paþaz.
Noun
*paþ m[1]
- path
Inflection
Masculine a-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *paþ | |
Genitive | *paþas | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *paþ | *paþō, *paþōs |
Accusative | *paþ | *paþā |
Genitive | *paþas | *paþō |
Dative | *paþē | *paþum |
Instrumental | *paþu | *paþum |
Derived terms
- *paþþjan
Descendants
- 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
References
- Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 147: “PWGmc *paþ”