An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Ammann

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, A
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis

Ammann

Amme

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2519319An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, A — AmmannJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

Ammann, masculine (Alemannian; the Franconian term is Heimbürge), ‘chief magistrate, bailiff,’ from Middle High German amman, a shortened collateral form of ambetman, ‘magistrate, bailiff'; original sense, ‘servant, official,’ afterwards also ‘magistrate.’ See also Amt.