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Old Frisian
Etymology
Uncertain; possibly from Proto-West Germanic *aiþiþō, from *aiþ (“oath”) + *-iþu + *-ō,[1][2] or perhaps a variant of atta (“father”).[3][4]
Pronunciation
Noun
aththa m
- Alternative form of atta (“father”)
- juror, juryman
Derived terms
References
- ^ Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 28
- ^ Boutkan, Dirk, Siebinga, Sjoerd (2005) “aththa”, in Old Frisian Etymological Dictionary (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 1), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 29-30
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*attōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 27
- ^ von Richthofen, Karl (1840) “atha, atta, ettha”, in Altfriesisches Wörterbuch [Old Frisian Dictionary] (in German), Dieterich Göttingen, page 613