oht

Estonian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Similar roots exist in ohutama (“to cure a disease with traditional medicine or magic”), ohter (“a large amount of sth”).

Noun

oht (genitive ohu, partitive ohtu)

1. danger
2. hazard

Derived terms

• ohutu
• ohtlik

Compounds

• kiirgusoht
• ohutegur
• ohutunne
• ohutu

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *anhtō (“persecution, fate, destiny, fear”), from Proto-Indo-European *ank-, *anḱ- (“fate, destiny”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oːxt/

Noun

ōht f

1. hostile pursuit, persecution; enmity
2. fear, terror

Declension

Declension of oht (strong ō-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	ōht	ōhta, ōhte
accusative	ōhte	ōhta, ōhte
genitive	ōhte	ōhta
dative	ōhte	ōhtum