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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ą̄htu
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *anhtō.
Noun
*ą̄htu f[1]
- persecution
Inflection
Feminine ō-stem | ||
---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *ą̄htu | *ą̄htō |
Accusative | *ą̄htā | *ą̄htā |
Genitive | *ą̄htā | *ą̄htō |
Dative | *ą̄htē | *ą̄htōm |
Instrumental | *ą̄htu | *ą̄htōm |
Descendants
- Old English: ōht
- Old Frisian: achte, acht
- Old Saxon: *āhta, ōht
- Middle Low German: achte
- Low German: Acht
- Middle Low German: achte
- Old Dutch: *āhta
- Middle Dutch: achte
- Dutch: acht
- Middle Dutch: achte
- Old High German: āhta
- Middle High German: āhte, ǣhte
- German: Acht
- Middle High German: āhte, ǣhte
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”