Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ambaht

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ambahtaz.

Noun

*ambaht m

1. servant

   Synonym: *barō

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*ambaht
Genitive	*ambahtas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*ambaht	*ambahtō, *ambahtōs
Accusative	*ambaht	*ambahtā
Genitive	*ambahtas	*ambahtō
Dative	*ambahtē	*ambahtum
Instrumental	*ambahtu	*ambahtum

Related terms

• *ambahtēn
• *ambahtī
• *ambahtijan

Descendants

• Old English: ambiht, ambeht, ambeaht
• Old Frisian: *ambaht
  • West Frisian: ambacht
• Old Saxon: ambaht
• Old Dutch: *ambaht
  • Middle Dutch: ambacht
    • Dutch: ambacht
• Old High German: ambaht
  • ⇒ Old High German: ambatāri
    • Middle High German: ambahtære