Etymology Explorer › Middle English

Where does “ath” come from?

ath (Middle English) comes from Old English āþ, from Proto-West Germanic aiþ, from Proto-Germanic aiþaz, from Proto-Indo-European oyt-.

Ancestry of “ath”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishāþoath
2Proto-West Germanicaiþoath
3Proto-Germanicaiþazoath
4Proto-Indo-Europeanoyt-—

Words derived from “ath”

  • oath
  • oathtaking
  • oathbound
  • oathbreaker
  • oathbreaking
  • oathless
  • oathable
  • oathlike
  • oaths
  • oath-ring
Every word from Proto-Indo-European oyt- →