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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ambahtijan

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 *ambahtijaną. Equivalent to *ambaht (servant) + *-jan.

Verb

*ambahtijan

  1. to serve, minister

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive *ambahtijan
1st sg. past *ambahtidā
Infinitive *ambahtijan
Genitive infin. *ambahtijannjas
Dative infin. *ambahtijannjē
Instrum. infin. *ambahtijannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *ambahtiju *ambahtidā
2nd singular *ambahtisi *ambahtidēs, *ambahtidōs
3rd singular *ambahtiþi *ambahtidē, *ambahtidā
1st plural *ambahtijum *ambahtidum
2nd plural *ambahtiþ *ambahtidud
3rd plural *ambahtijanþ *ambahtidun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *ambahtijē *ambahtidī
2nd singular *ambahtijēs *ambahtidī
3rd singular *ambahtijē *ambahtidī
1st plural *ambahtijēm *ambahtidīm
2nd plural *ambahtijēþ *ambahtidīd
3rd plural *ambahtijēn *ambahtidīn
Imperative Present
Singular *ambahti
Plural *ambahtiþ
Present Past
Participle *ambahtijandī *ambahtid

Descendants

  • Old English: ambehtan, embehtan, embihtan, onbyhtan, embigtan
  • Old Saxon: *ambahtian
  • Old Dutch: ambahten
    • Middle Dutch: *ambachten
      • Dutch: ambachten (from an unattested Middle Dutch verb, or a more recently formed verb based on the related noun ambacht)
  • Old High German: ambahten
    • Middle High German: ambahten, ambehten, ambten
      • Middle High German: ambehtære
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