amman

See also: Amman, Am-man, Ammán, and ämmän

Polabian

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German amptman, ambachtman, ammechtman.

Noun

amman m

  1. bailiff
    Synonym: åberhai̯d

References
  • Lehr-Spławiński, T.; Polański, K. (1962), “amman”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka Drzewian połabskich [Etymological Dictionary of the Polabian Drevani Language] (in Polish), issue 1 (A – ďüzd), Wrocław; Warszawa etc.: Ossolineum, page 18
  • Polański, Kazimierz; James Allen Sehnert (1967), “amman”, in Polabian-English Dictionary, The Hague, Paris: Mouton & Co, page 34
  • Olesch, Reinhold (1962), “Hamman”, in Thesaurus Linguae Dravaenopolabicae [Thesaurus of the Drevani language] (in German), volume 1: A – O, Cologne, Vienna: Böhlau Verlag, →ISBN, page 360
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