æmette

Old English

Alternative forms

ǣmete, ǣmytte

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ēmaitijǭ. Cognate with Old High German āmeiza (German Ameise), Middle Dutch āmete.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈæːmette/

Noun

ǣmette f

ant

Declension

Declension of æmette (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	ǣmette	ǣmettan
accusative	ǣmettan	ǣmettan
genitive	ǣmettan	ǣmettena
dative	ǣmettan	ǣmettum

Derived terms

ǣmethyll

Descendants

Middle English: ampte, amte, emete, amete, emotte, emot, ante, empt, empte, amote
- English: ant, emmet
- Scots: emmot, emott, imat

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