Where does “āhte” come from?

āhte (Middle High German) comes from Old High German ahtô, from Proto-Germanic ahtō, from Proto-Germanic ahtōu, from Proto-Indo-European oḱtṓw, from Proto-Indo-European aḱ- — sharp, pointed; sharp, pointed, edgy; sharp,...

Ancestry of “āhte”, step by step

āhte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old High German ahtô

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanahtôeight
2Proto-Germanicahtō—
3Proto-Germanicahtōueight
4Proto-Indo-Europeanoḱtṓweight
5Proto-Indo-Europeanaḱ-sharp, pointed; sharp, pointed, edgy; sharp,...

via Old High German āhta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanāhta—
2Proto-West Germanicą̄htupersecution
3Proto-Germanicahjanąto think
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ekʷ-to see; eye

Words derived from “āhte”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European aḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European oḱtṓw →Every word from Proto-Germanic ahtōu →