пъте́ка(pǎtéka, “path”) (technically from Proto-Slavic*poteka(“stream course”), influenced by път(pǎt))
References
“път¹”, in Речник на българския език[Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
“път”, in Речник на българския език[Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “път¹”, in Български етимологичен речник[Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 191
“път²”, in Речник на българския език[Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “път²”, in Български етимологичен речник[Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 191