Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ą̄htu

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *anhtō.

Noun[edit]

*ą̄htu f[1]

  1. persecution

Inflection[edit]

ō-stem
Singular
Nominative *ą̄htu
Genitive *ą̄htā
Singular Plural
Nominative *ą̄htu *ą̄htō
Accusative *ą̄htā *ą̄htā
Genitive *ą̄htā *ą̄htō
Dative *ą̄htē *ą̄htōm, *ą̄htum
Instrumental *ą̄htu *ą̄htōm, *ą̄htum

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Old English: ōht
  • Old Frisian: achte, acht
  • Old Saxon: *āhta, ōht
    • Middle Low German: achte
      • Low German: Acht
      • Norwegian Bokmål: akt
  • Old Dutch: *āhta
  • Old High German: āhta

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 143:PWGmc *anhtu