aththa

Old Frisian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Uncertain; possibly from Proto-West Germanic *aiþiþō, from *aiþ (“oath”) +‎ *-iþu +‎ *-ō,[1][2] or perhaps a variant of atta (“father”).[3][4]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈaðːa/

Noun

aththa m

  1. Alternative form of atta (“father”)
  2. juror, juryman

Derived terms
  • ivenetha

References
  1. Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 28
  2. Boutkan, Dirk, Siebinga, Sjoerd (2005) “aththa”, in Old Frisian Etymological Dictionary (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 1), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 29-30
  3. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*attōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 27
  4. von Richthofen, Karl (1840) “atha, atta, ettha”, in Altfriesisches Wörterbuch [Old Frisian Dictionary] (in German), Dieterich Göttingen, page 613
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