אַמט
־ן
דאָס
'position, office'

ETYMOLOGY

Got. andbahts 'servant, minister', ambahti 'service', ON ambátt 'woman servant, concubine,' embætti 'service', OE ambiht 'minister', ambahti, OS ambahteo; ambaht, OHG ambaht 'servant, employee, official', ambahti 'office', MHG ambet, amt 'servant, caretaker', NHG Amt < ✱ambahtō < Celtic, e.g. Gaulish amb-act-us 'a person who goes around, servant'; from PIE ✱aĝ- 'to drive'

WESTERN

Old Literary Yiddish (ca. 1100-1800)

אמיט {מרכּבֿת המשנה, קראָקע 1534}