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Where does “ahton” come from?

ahton (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-West Germanic ahtōn, from Proto-West Germanic -ōn, from Proto-Germanic -ōną, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

ahton (Old Saxon): to deliberate, hold council, consider; to...

Definitions

  1. to deliberate, hold council, consider; to...

Ancestry of “ahton”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicahtōnto estimate; to consider, to deliberate
2Proto-West Germanic-ōnCreates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates...
3Proto-Germanic-ōnąCreates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates...
4Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
5Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
7Chichewaiyehe, she

Words derived from “ahton”

  • akta
  • achten
  • giahton
  • aakt
  • achten
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