Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ambahtiją

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

Derived from *ambahtaz (“servant”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑm.bɑx.ti.jɑ̃/

Noun

*ambahtiją n

1. service, ministry, office, message

Inflection

Declension of *ambahtiją (neuter ja-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	*ambahtiją	*ambahtijō
vocative	*ambahtiją	*ambahtijō
accusative	*ambahtiją	*ambahtijō
genitive	*ambahtijas, *ambahtīs	*ambahtijǫ̂
dative	*ambahtijai	*ambahtijamaz
instrumental	*ambahtijō	*ambahtijamiz

Related terms

• *ambahtaz (“servant”)

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *ambahtī
  • 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
  • Old Dutch: *ambaht
    • Middle Dutch: ambacht
      • Dutch: ambacht
        • Afrikaans: ambag
        • → Indonesian: ambah
        • Negerhollands: 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 (obsolete)
      • Kölsch: Amp
      • Vilamovian: amt, aomt
    • → Middle Dutch: ampt, amt
      • Dutch: ambt
        • Afrikaans: amp
      • Limburgish: amb
• Proto-Norse:
  • Old Norse: embætti
    • Danish: embede
    • Faroese: embæti, ambæti
    • Icelandic: embætti
    • Norwegian: embete
    • Old Swedish: æmbiti, æmbæti
      • Swedish: ämbete
    • →⇒ Old East Slavic: ѧбетьникъ (jębetĭnikŭ), ѩбедьникъ (jębedĭnikŭ)
      • Old Ruthenian: ѧбедникъ (jabednik)
        • Ukrainian: я́бедник (jábednyk)
          • ⇒ Ukrainian: я́беда (jábeda)
      • Russian: я́бедник (jábednik)
        • ⇒ Russian: я́беда (jábeda)
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌱𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌹 (andbahti)
• → Latin: ambactia (“service rendered”)
  • Old Occitan: ambaissa (“message”)
    • ⇒ Old Occitan: ambaissada (“embassy”)
      • Catalan: ambaixada
      • Occitan: ambaissada, ambaishada
      • → Asturian: embaxada
      • → Gallurese: imbasciada
      • → Old Italian: ambasciata (see there for further descendants)
      • → Portuguese: embaixada
      • → Sardinian: imbasciada, imbassiada
      • → Sassarese: imbasciada
      • → Spanish: embajada
        • → Hiligaynon: embahada
        • → Tagalog: embahada
  • >? Old Italian: ambascia (“anguish”)