Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ą̄htu

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 Proto-Germanic *anhtō.

Noun

*ą̄htu f[1]

persecution

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*ą̄htu
Genitive	*ą̄htā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*ą̄htu	*ą̄htō
Accusative	*ą̄htā	*ą̄htā
Genitive	*ą̄htā	*ą̄htō
Dative	*ą̄htē	ą̄htōm, ą̄htum
Instrumental	*ą̄htu	ą̄htōm, ą̄htum

Derived terms

*ą̄htijan

Descendants

Old English: ōht
Old Frisian: achte, acht
Old Saxon: *āhta, ōht
- Middle Low German: achte
  - Low German: Acht
  - → Norwegian Bokmål: akt
Old Dutch: *āhta
- Middle Dutch: achte
  - Dutch: acht
Old High German: āhta
- Middle High German: āhte, ǣhte
  - German: Acht

References

Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 143: “PWGmc *anhtu”

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[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 143: “PWGmc *anhtu”