ambaht

== Old High German == === Alternative forms === ambahti, ampaht === 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 ==== ambahtāri ==== Descendants ==== Middle High German: ambahte, ambehte, ambet, ammet, ampt, amt Bavarian: Cimbrian: åmt Mòcheno: omt German: Amt, Ambt, Ammt, Ampt (obsolete) Kölsch: Amp Vilamovian: amt, aomt → Middle Dutch: ampt, amt Dutch: ambtAfrikaans: amp Limburgish: amb == Old Saxon == === Alternative forms === *ambehti === 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 ==== Middle Low German: ambacht, ambecht, ambet, ambt, amt German Low German: Ambacht, Amt → Danish: amt