Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ambahtī

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 *ambahtiją. Equivalent to *ambaht (“servant”) +‎ *-ī (abstract noun suffix).

Noun

*ambahtī n

1. service, ministry, office, message

Inflection

Neuter ja-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*ambahtī
Genitive	*ambahtijas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*ambahtī	*ambahtiju
Accusative	*ambahtī	*ambahtiju
Genitive	*ambahtijas	*ambahtijō
Dative	*ambahtijē	*ambahtijum
Instrumental	*ambahtiju	*ambahtijum

Descendants

• 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