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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.
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *attô.
Noun
*attō m
- father
- Synonyms: *fader, *dadō
- forefather
Inflection
| Masculine an-stem
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Singular
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| Nominative
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*attō
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| Genitive
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*attini, *attan
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Singular
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Plural
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| Nominative
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*attō
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*attan
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| Accusative
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*attan
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*attan
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| Genitive
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*attini, *attan
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*attanō
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| Dative
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*attini, *attan
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*attum
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| Instrumental
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*attini, *attan
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*attum
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Descendants
- Old Frisian: atta, aththa, atha, eththa
- Old Saxon: *atto, *etto
- >? Middle Low German: ette (“local elder, hereditary male judge”)
- Old Dutch: *atto, *etto
- Old High German: atto
- Middle High German: atte
- Alemannic German: Ätti, Ätte
- Italian Walser: attu, àttu, attò
- ⇒ Alemannic German: Großätti, Großatt
- Bavarian: Ätt
- ⇒? Cimbrian: tatta