Where does “ahtan” come from?

ahtan (Old High German) comes from Old High German ahta, from Proto-West Germanic ahtu, from Proto-Germanic ahjaną, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ekʷ- — to see; eye.

Ancestry of “ahtan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanahta—
2Proto-West Germanicahtuconsideration, attention
3Proto-Germanicahjanąto think
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ekʷ-to see; eye

Words derived from “ahtan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ekʷ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic ahjaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic ahtu →
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