path

path · noun, verb¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*póntoh₁s
2. Proto-Indo-Iranian · derived from*pántaHs
3. Proto-Iranian · derived from*pántaHs
4. Iranian · derived from
5. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*paþaz“path”
6. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*paþ
7. Old English · inherited frompæþ“path, track”
8. Middle English · inherited frompath
9. English todaypath

From Middle English path, peth, from Old English pæþ (“path, track”), from Proto-West Germanic *paþ, from Proto-Germanic *paþaz (“path”). The Proto-Germanic term is possibly borrowed from Iranian, from Proto-Iranian *pántaHs, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pántaHs, from Proto-Indo-European *póntoh₁s, from the root *pent- (“to pass”), but this is disputed. Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian Paad, Pad (“path”), West Frisian paad (“path”), Dutch pad (“path”), German Pfad (“path”), German Low German Padd (“path”), Luxembourgish Pad (“path”). Indo-Iranian cognates could be Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬧𐬙𐬃 (paṇtā̊, “way”), Old Persian 𐎱𐎰 (p-θ /⁠paθi⁠/), Hindi पथ (path), Sanskrit पन्था (panthā, “path”). See also English find. Doublet of panth.

path · noun²

Shortening.

Words from the same roots