Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ambaxtos

This Proto-Celtic 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-Celtic

Etymology

From *ambi- (“around”) +‎ *ageti (“to drive”) +‎ *-os.

Noun

*ambaxtos m

1. servant

Declension

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ambaxtos	*ambaxtou	*ambaxtoi
vocative	*ambaxte	*ambaxtou	*ambaxtūs
accusative	*ambaxtom	*ambaxtou	*ambaxtoms
genitive	*ambaxtī	*ambaxtous	*ambaxtom
dative	*ambaxtūi	*ambaxtobom	*ambaxtobos
locative	*ambaxtei	*?	*?
instrumental	*ambaxtū	*ambaxtobim	*ambaxtūis

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *ammaɨθ
  • Old Breton: ambaith
  • Cornish: ammeth
  • Middle Welsh: amaeth
    • Welsh: amaeth
• Old Irish: amos, amsach (perhaps borrowed from Brythonic)
  • Irish: amhas
• Gaulish: ambaxtos
  • → Latin: ambactus, ambaxtus (see there for further descendants)
  • → Proto-Germanic: *ambahtaz (see there for further descendants)