Old High German

Noun

ambaht n

1. service

Descendants

• German: Amt

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ambahtą, *andbahtiją ‎(“service, office”), derivative of Proto-Germanic *ambahtaz ‎(“servant”), from Gaulish *ambactos ‎(“servant”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi ‎(“round about, around”) + Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- ‎(“to drive”). More at umbe, agent. Akin to Old English ambiht and Old High German ambaht.

Noun

ambaht n

1. service