Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗To make a path in, or on (something), or for (someone). · To navigate through a file system directory tree (to a desired file or folder). · To pathfind.
A trail for the use of, or worn by, pedestrians. · A course taken. · A metaphorical course or route; progress. · A method or direction of proceeding.
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.
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- Root classification mention*pent-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionpathenm
- Inherited-form mentionpæþang
- Inherited-form mention*paþgmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*paþazgem-pro
- Derivation mention*pántaHsira-pro
- Derivation mention*pántaHsiir-pro
- Derivation mention*póntoh₁sine-pro
- Cognate mentionPaadstq
- Cognate mentionpaadfy · path
- Cognate mentionpadnl · path
- Cognate mentionPfadde · path
- Cognate mentionPadlb · path
- Cognate mention𐬞𐬀𐬧𐬙𐬃ae · way
- Cognate mention𐎱𐎰peo
- Cognate mentionपथhi
- Cognate mentionपन्थाsa · path
- Cognate mentionfinden
- Doublet mentionpanthen
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