Where does “Aumt” come from?

Aumt (Plautdietsch) comes from Middle Low German ambacht, from Old Saxon ambaht, from Proto-Germanic ambahtaz, from Gaulish ambaxtos, from Proto-Celtic ambaxtos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- — to drive.

Aumt (Plautdietsch): office, administration, ministry

Definitions

  1. office, administration, ministry

Ancestry of “Aumt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanambacht—
2Old Saxonambahtservice
3Proto-Germanicambahtazservant
4Gaulishambaxtosvassal, high-ranking servant
5Proto-Celticambaxtosservant
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eǵ-to drive

Words derived from “Aumt”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- →