Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ahtu

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

Unknown[1]; possibly derived from Proto-Germanic *ahjaną (“to think”).[2]

Noun

*ahtu f[1]

consideration, attention
Synonym: *warā

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*ahtu
Genitive	*ahtā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*ahtu	*ahtō
Accusative	*ahtā	*ahtā
Genitive	*ahtā	*ahtō
Dative	*ahtē	*ahtōm
Instrumental	*ahtu	*ahtōm

Derived terms

*ahtōn

Descendants

Old English: eaht, æht
- Middle English: aught, aut
  - English: aught
  - Scots: aught
Old Dutch: *ahta
- Middle Dutch: achte
  - Dutch: acht
Old High German: ahta
- Middle High German: ahte

References

Friedrich Kluge (1989), “Acht²”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, *ahtō/mode/1up page wg. *ahtō of 8-9
Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*ahtō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 7

[EWddS-1] Friedrich Kluge (1989), “Acht²”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, *ahtō/mode/1up page wg. *ahtō of 8-9

[2] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*ahtō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 7