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Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *ambahtiją (“service, office”), derivative of Proto-Germanic *ambahtaz (“servant”), from Gaulish ambaxtos (“servant”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi (“around”) + *h₂eǵ- (“to drive”). More at umbe, agent.
Noun
ambaht n
- service
Derived terms
Descendants
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *ambahtiją (“service, office”), derivative of Proto-Germanic *ambahtaz (“servant”), from Gaulish *ambactos (“servant”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi (“round about, around”) + *h₂eǵ- (“to drive”). More at agent. Akin to Old English ambiht and Old High German ambaht.
Noun
ambaht n
- service
Descendants