Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/attō

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 *attô.

Noun

*attō m

1. father

   Synonyms: *fader, *dadō

2. forefather

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*attō
Genitive	*attini, *attan
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*attō	*attan
Accusative	*attan	*attan
Genitive	*attini, *attan	*attanō
Dative	*attini, *attan	*attum
Instrumental	*attini, *attan	*attum

Descendants

• Old English: *ætta, *atta
  • Middle English: *dadde, *dadd
    • English: dad
• Old Frisian: atta, aththa, atha, eththa
  • North Frisian: ate, aatj, taatje, tääte
  • West Frisian: heit
• Old Saxon: *atto, *etto
  • >? Middle Low German: ette (“local elder, hereditary male judge”)
• Old Dutch: *atto, *etto
  • Middle Dutch: ette
    • Dutch: ette
• Old High German: atto
  • Middle High German: atte
    • Alemannic German: Ätti, Ätte

      Italian Walser: attu, àttu, attò

      • ⇒ Alemannic German: Großätti, Großatt
    • Bavarian: Ätt
    • ⇒? Cimbrian: tatta