embætti
Icelandic
/ˈɛm.paihtɪ/
noun
Definitions
- office (public service position)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse embætti inherited from Proto-Germanic *ambahtiją (service, office, ministry).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*ambahtiją
Gloss
service, office, ministry
Concept
Semantic Field
Modern world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ambactia Latin
- ambascia Latin
- ябеда Russian
- embete Norwegian Bokmål
- *ambahtaz Proto-Germanic
- *ambahtiją Proto-Germanic
- ämbete Swedish
- embete Norwegian Nynorsk
- ambeht Old English
- embætti Old Norse
- embede Danish
- ambaht Old High German
- 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌱𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌹 Gothic
- ambt Middle Low German
- ambaht Old Saxon
- ambaxtos Gaulish