aththa
Old Frisian
Alternative forms
- atha, eththa
Etymology
Uncertain; possibly from Proto-West Germanic *aiþiþō, from *aiþ (“oath”) + *-iþu + *-ō,[1][2] or perhaps a variant of atta (“father”).[3][4]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaðːa/
Noun
aththa m
- Alternative form of atta (“father”)
- juror, juryman
Derived terms
- ivenetha
References
- Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 28
- Boutkan, Dirk; Siebinga, Sjoerd (2005) , “aththa”, in Old Frisian Etymological Dictionary (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 1), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 29-30
- Orel, Vladimir (2003) , “*attōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 27
- von Richthofen, Karl (1840) , “atha, atta, ettha”, in Altfriesisches Wörterbuch [Old Frisian Dictionary] (in German), Dieterich Göttingen, page 613