Where does “agtelse” come from?
agtelse (Danish) comes from Danish agte, from Middle Low German achten, from Old Saxon ahton, from Proto-West Germanic ahtōn, from Proto-West Germanic -ōn, from Proto-Germanic -ōną, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
agtelse (Danish): esteem
Definitions
- esteem
Ancestry of “agtelse”, step by step
agtelse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish agte
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | agte | intend |
| 2 | Middle Low German | achten | to proscribe; to take care about; to respect |
| 3 | Old Saxon | ahton | to deliberate, hold council, consider; to... |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | ahtōn | to estimate; to consider, to deliberate |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -ōn | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -ōną | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |