Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ahtu

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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.

Proto-West Germanic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unknown[1]; possibly derived from Proto-Germanic *ahjaną (to think).[2]

Noun[edit]

*ahtu f[1]

  1. consideration, attention
    Synonym: *warā

Inflection[edit]

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[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Old English: eaht, æht
  • Old Dutch: *ahta
  • Old High German: ahta
    • Middle High German: ahte

References[edit]

  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. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*ahtō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 7