aththa

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Old Frisian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Uncertain; possibly from Proto-West Germanic *aiþiþō, from *aiþ (oath) +‎ *-iþu +‎ *-ō,[1][2] or perhaps a variant of atta (father).[3][4]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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aththa m

  1. Alternative form of atta (father)
  2. juror, juryman

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 28
  2. ^ Boutkan, Dirk, Siebinga, Sjoerd (2005) “aththa”, in Old Frisian Etymological Dictionary (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 1), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 29-30
  3. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*attōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 27
  4. ^ von Richthofen, Karl (1840) “atha, atta, ettha”, in Altfriesisches Wörterbuch (in German), Dieterich Göttingen, page 613