Where does “atta” come from?

atta (Old Frisian) comes from Proto-West Germanic attō, from Proto-Germanic attô, from Proto-Indo-European átta — father.

atta (Old Frisian): father

Definitions

  1. father

Ancestry of “atta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicattōfather; forefather
2Proto-Germanicattôfather, dad; forefather
3Proto-Indo-Europeanáttafather

Words derived from “atta”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European átta →Every word from Proto-Germanic attô →Every word from Proto-West Germanic attō →