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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
Borrowed from Gaulish ambaxtos (“vassal”), from Proto-Celtic *ambaxtos (“servant”). Unlike *rīks (“ruler, king”), which was also borrowed from Celtic, this word entered Germanic after the characteristic Germanic sound shifts took place.
Pronunciation
Noun
*ambahtaz m
- servant
Inflection
Declension of *ambahtaz (masculine a-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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*ambahtaz
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*ambahtōz, *ambahtōs
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| vocative
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*ambaht
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*ambahtōz, *ambahtōs
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| accusative
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*ambahtą
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*ambahtanz
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| genitive
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*ambahtas, *ambahtis
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*ambahtǫ̂
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| dative
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*ambahtai
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*ambahtamaz
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| instrumental
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*ambahtō
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*ambahtamiz
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Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*ambahta-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 24
