Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ambahtī

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 *ambahtiją. Equivalent to *ambaht (“servant”) +‎ *-ī (abstract noun suffix).

Noun

*ambahtī n

service, ministry, office, message

Inflection

Neuter ja-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*ambahtī
Genitive	*ambahtijas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*ambahtī	*ambahtiju
Accusative	*ambahtī	*ambahtiju
Genitive	*ambahtijas	*ambahtijō
Dative	*ambahtijē	*ambahtijum
Instrumental	*ambahtiju	*ambahtijum

Descendants

Old English: ambeht, ambiht, ambieht, ambyht
Old Frisian: ambecht, ambet, ambt
- Saterland Frisian: Amt
- West Frisian: ambacht
Old Saxon: ambaht, *ambehti
- Middle Low German: ambacht, ambecht, ambet, ambt, amt
  - German Low German: Ambacht, Amt
  - → Danish: amt
Old Dutch: *ambaht
- Middle Dutch: ambacht
  - Dutch: ambacht
    - Afrikaans: ambag
    - → Indonesian: ambah
    - Negerhollands: ambacht
Old High German: ambaht, ambahti, ampaht
- Middle High German: ambahte, ambehte, ambet, ammet, ampt, amt
  - Bavarian:
    Cimbrian: åmt
    Mòcheno: omt
  - German: Amt, Ambt, Ammt, Ampt (obsolete)
  - Kölsch: Amp
  - Vilamovian: amt, aomt
- → Middle Dutch: ampt, amt
  - Dutch: ambt
    - Afrikaans: amp
  - Limburgish: amb