Where does “*āththem” come from?
*āththem (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic āþm, from Proto-Germanic ēþmaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₁eh₁tmén-.
Ancestry of “*āththem”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-West Germanic | āþm | breath, breathing |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | ēþmaz | breath, breathing; spirit; breeze |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁eh₁tmén- | — |