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.

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-).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑθɑz/

*paþaz m

1. path

• *paþjaną
• *paþōną

• Proto-West Germanic: *paþ
  • Old English: pæþ m
    • Middle English: path, paath, paaþ, pathe, paththe, paþ, paþþe, pað, peþ (Early Middle English)
      • English: path
      • Scots: peth, paith
  • Old Frisian: path
    • Saterland Frisian: Paad, Pad (Skäddel)
    • 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)