Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/anhtō

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

Connected by Orel to Proto-Celtic *anxtu (“slaughter”), which he appears to further link to Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ- (“to tighten”),[1] though this does not appear to be followed by Celticists.

Others derive the term from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enk-, *h₂enḱ- (“fate, destiny”), apparently from *h₂neḱ- (“to reach, attain”). See Ancient Greek ἀνάγκη (anánkē, “force; necessity”) for more.[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑ̃ːx.tɔː/

Noun

*anhtō f[1]

  1. persecution

Inflection

Declension of *anhtō (ō-stem)
singular plural
nominative *anhtō *anhtôz
vocative *anhtō *anhtôz
accusative *anhtǭ *anhtōz
genitive *anhtōz *anhtǫ̂
dative *anhtōi *anhtōmaz
instrumental *anhtō *anhtōmiz

Derived terms

  • *anhtijaną

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *ą̄htu
    • Old English: ōht
    • Old Frisian: achte, acht
    • Old Saxon: *āhta, ōht
      • Middle Low German: achte
        • Low German: Acht
        • → Norwegian Bokmål: akt
    • Old Dutch: *āhta
    • Old High German: āhta

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003), “*anxtō”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 20
  2. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ἀνάγκη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 97
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