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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ambahtī
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *ambahtiją. Equivalent to *ambaht (“servant”) + *-ī.
Noun
*ambahtī n
- service, ministry, office, message
Inflection
Neuter ja-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *ambahtī | |
Genitive | *ambahtijas | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *ambahtī | *ambahtiju |
Accusative | *ambahtī | *ambahtiju |
Genitive | *ambahtijas | *ambahtijō |
Dative | *ambahtijē | *ambahtijum |
Instrumental | *ambahtiju | *ambahtijum |
Descendants
- Old English: ambeht, ambiht, ambieht, ambyht
- Old Frisian: ambecht, ambet, ambt
- Saterland Frisian: Amt
- West Frisian: ambacht
- Old Saxon: ambaht, *ambehti
- Middle Low German: ambacht, ambecht, ambet, ambt, amt
- German Low German: Ambacht, Amt
- → Danish: amt
- Middle Low German: ambacht, ambecht, ambet, ambt, amt
- Old Dutch: *ambaht
- Middle Dutch: ambacht
- Dutch: ambacht
- Afrikaans: ambag
- → Indonesian: ambah
- Dutch: ambacht
- Middle Dutch: ambacht
- Old High German: ambaht, ambahti, ampaht
- Middle High German: ambahte, ambehte, ambet, ammet, ampt, amt
- Bavarian:
- Cimbrian: åmt
- Mòcheno: omt
- German: Amt, Ambt, Ammt, Ampt
- Kölsch: Amp
- Vilamovian: amt, aomt
- Bavarian:
- → Middle Dutch: ampt, amt
- Dutch: ambt
- Afrikaans: amp
- Limburgish: amb
- Dutch: ambt
- Middle High German: ambahte, ambehte, ambet, ammet, ampt, amt