embætti

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse embætti, from Proto-Germanic *ambahtiją.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛm.paihtɪ/

Noun

embætti n (genitive singular embættis, nominative plural embætti)

1. office (public service position)

Related terms

• ambátt
• amt

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ambahtiją (derived from the root of ambátt), whence also Old English ambeht, ambiht, Old Saxon ambaht, Old High German ambahti, ambaht (German Amt), Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌱𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌹 (andbahti).

Noun

embætti n (genitive embættis, plural embætti)

1. service, office

Descendants

• Danish: embede
• Faroese: embæti, ambæti
• Icelandic: embætti
• Norwegian: embete
• Old Swedish: æmbiti, æmbæti
  • Swedish: ämbete
• →⇒ Old East Slavic: ѧбетьникъ (ębetĭnikŭ), ѩбедьникъ (jębedĭnikŭ)
  • Old Ruthenian: ѧбедникъ (jabednik)
    • Ukrainian: я́бедник (jábednyk)
      • ⇒ Ukrainian: я́беда (jábeda)
  • Russian: я́бедник (jábednik)
    • ⇒ Russian: я́беда (jábeda)