ambaht
Old High German
Alternative forms
- ambahti, ampaht
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *ambahtiją (“service, office”), derivative of Proto-Germanic *ambahtaz (“servant”), from Gaulish *ambactos (“servant”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi (“round about, around”) + *h₂eǵ- (“to drive”). More at umbe, agent.
Noun
ambaht n
- service
Descendants
- Middle High German: ambahte, ambehte, ambet, ammet, ampt, amt
- Central Franconian:
- Kölsch: Amp
- German: Amt, Ambt, Ammt, Ampt
- Vilamovian: amt, aomt
- Central Franconian:
- → Middle Dutch: ampt, amt
- Dutch: ambt
- Limburgish: amb
Old Saxon
Alternative forms
- *ambehti
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *ambahtiją (“service, office”), derivative of Proto-Germanic *ambahtaz (“servant”), from Gaulish *ambactos (“servant”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi (“round about, around”) + *h₂eǵ- (“to drive”). More at umbe, agent. Akin to Old English ambiht and Old High German ambaht.
Noun
ambaht n
- service
Descendants
- Middle Low German: ambacht, ambecht, ambet, ambt, amt
- German Low German: Ambacht, Amt
- → Danish: amt