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

Related terms

• *ambahtēn
• *ambahtōn

Descendants

• Old English: ambehtan, embehtan, embihtan, onbyhtan, embigtan
• Old Saxon: *ambahtian
  • Middle Low German: ambachten
• 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