In this episode we’re looking at words for servants and related people. The Proto-Celtic word ambaxtos means servant and comes from ambi- (around),‎ ageti (to drive) and‎ -os, from the Proto-Indo-European word *h₂m̥bʰi-h₂eǵ- (drive around) [source]. It became ambaxtos (vassal, high-ranking servant) in Gaulish, amaeth [ˈameɨ̯θ / ˈamei̯θ] (ploughman, husbandman, farmer, agriculture) in Welsh, ammeth […]