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]
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
- Old Dutch: *āhta
- Old High German: āhta
References
[edit]- ^ 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”