Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ahtu

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

Uncertain;^[1] possibly derived from Proto-Germanic *ahjaną (“to think”).^[2]

Noun

*ahtu f^[1]

consideration, attention
Synonym: *warā

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*ahtu
Genitive	*ahtā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*ahtu	*ahtō
Accusative	*ahtā	*ahtā
Genitive	*ahtā	*ahtō
Dative	*ahtē	ahtōm, ahtum
Instrumental	*ahtu	ahtōm, ahtum

Derived terms

*ahtōn

Descendants

Old English: eaht, æht
- Middle English: aught, aut
  - English: aught
  - Scots: aught
Old Dutch: *ahta
- Middle Dutch: achte
  - Dutch: acht
    - Afrikaans: ag
Old High German: ahta
- Middle High German: ahte

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Acht²”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, *ahtō/mode/1up page wg. *ahtō of 8-9
^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*ahtō-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 7

[EWddS-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Acht²”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, *ahtō/mode/1up page wg. *ahtō of 8-9

[2] Guus Kroonen (2013) “*ahtō-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 7

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