Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ambahtaz

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

Borrowed from Gaulish ambaxtos, from Proto-Celtic *ambaxtos.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɑm.bɑx.tɑz/

Noun

*ambahtaz m[1]

servant

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *ambahtaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*ambahtaz	ambahtōz, ambahtōs
vocative	*ambaht	ambahtōz, ambahtōs
accusative	*ambahtą	*ambahtanz
genitive	ambahtas, ambahtis	*ambahtǫ̂
dative	*ambahtai	*ambahtamaz
instrumental	*ambahtō	*ambahtamiz

Derived terms

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *ambaht
- Old English: ambiht, ambeht, ambeaht
- Old Frisian: *ambaht
  - West Frisian: ambacht
- Old Saxon: ambaht
- Old Dutch: *ambaht
  - Middle Dutch: ambacht
    - Dutch: ambacht
- Old High German: ambaht
  - ⇒ Old High German: ambatāri
    - Middle High German: ambahtære
Old Norse: ambátt, ambǫ́tt, ambótt (< *ambahtō)
- Icelandic: ambátt
- Old Swedish: ambot, ambut, ambat
- Old Gutnish: ambatn
- → Middle English: ammbohht
Gothic: 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌱𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃 (andbahts)

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*ambahta-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 24

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[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*ambahta-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 24