Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/paþ

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *paþaz.

Noun

*paþ m^[1]

path

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	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

Descendants

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

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”

[1] 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”

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