Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/paþōn

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 *paþ +‎ *-ōn.

Verb

*paþōn

1. to walk, go
2. to make a path

Inflection

Class 2 weak
Infinitive	*paþōn
1st sg. past	*paþōdā
Infinitive	*paþōn
Genitive infin.	*paþōnijas
Dative infin.	*paþōnijē
Instrum. infin.	*paþōniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*paþō	*paþōdā
2nd singular	*paþōs	*paþōdēs, *paþōdōs
3rd singular	*paþōþ	*paþōdē, *paþōdā
1st plural	*paþōm	*paþōdum
2nd plural	*paþōþ	*paþōdud
3rd plural	*paþōnþ	*paþōdun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*paþō	*paþōdī
2nd singular	*paþōs	*paþōdī
3rd singular	*paþō	*paþōdī
1st plural	*paþōm	*paþōdīm
2nd plural	*paþōþ	*paþōdīd
3rd plural	*paþōn	*paþōdīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*paþō
Plural	*paþōþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*paþōndī	*paþōd

Related terms

• *paþþjan

Descendants

• Old English: *pæþian
  • Middle English: pathen, path
    • English: path
    • Scots: paith
• Old Saxon: *pathōn
  • Middle Low German: *pāden
    • ⇒ Middle Low German: nāpāden, nāchpāden
• Old Dutch: *pathon
  • Middle Dutch: pāden
    • Dutch: paden, padden (dialectal)
• Old High German: pfadōn
  • Middle High German: pfaden

Further reading

• Guus Kroonen (2013) “*paþa-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 396: “*paþōjan-”