Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ambahtijaną

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From *ambahtaz (“servant”) +‎ *-janą.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɑm.bɑx.ti.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*ambahtijaną

to serve, minister

Inflection

Conjugation of (weak class 1)
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*ambahtijō	*ambahtijaų	—	*ambahtijai	?
2nd singular	*ambahtīsi	*ambahtijais	*ambahtī	*ambahtijasai	*ambahtijaisau
3rd singular	*ambahtīþi	*ambahtijai	*ambahtijaþau	*ambahtijaþai	*ambahtijaiþau
1st dual	*ambahtijōs	*ambahtijaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*ambahtijaþiz	*ambahtijaiþiz	*ambahtijaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*ambahtijamaz	*ambahtijaim	—	*ambahtijanþai	*ambahtijainþau
2nd plural	*ambahtīþ	*ambahtijaiþ	*ambahtīþ	*ambahtijanþai	*ambahtijainþau
3rd plural	*ambahtijanþi	*ambahtijain	*ambahtijanþau	*ambahtijanþai	*ambahtijainþau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*ambahtidǭ	*ambahtidēdį̄
2nd singular	*ambahtidēz	*ambahtidēdīz
3rd singular	*ambahtidē	*ambahtidēdī
1st dual	*ambahtidēdū	*ambahtidēdīw
2nd dual	*ambahtidēdudiz	*ambahtidēdīdiz
1st plural	*ambahtidēdum	*ambahtidēdīm
2nd plural	*ambahtidēdud	*ambahtidēdīd
3rd plural	*ambahtidēdun	*ambahtidēdīn

	present	past
participles	*ambahtijandz	*ambahtidaz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *ambahtijan
- Old English: ambehtan, embehtan, embihtan, onbyhtan, embigtan
- Old Saxon: *ambahtian
  - Middle Low German: ambachten
- Old Dutch: ambahten
  - Middle Dutch: *ambachten
    - Dutch: ambachten (from an unattested Middle Dutch verb, or a more recently formed verb based on the related noun ambacht)
- Old High German: ambahten
  - Middle High German: ambahten, ambehten, ambten
    - ⇒ Middle High German: ambehtære
Proto-Norse:
- Old Norse: embætta
  - Icelandic: embætta
  - Faroese: ambæta
Gothic: 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌱𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (andbahtjan)