Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ufta

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Alternative forms

*uftō

Etymology

Uncertain; according to Kroonen, derived from *ub (“under”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈuɸ.tɑ/

Adverb

*ufta

oft; often; frequently

Descendants

Old English: oft
- Middle English: oft, ofte, often
  - Scots: oft, oftin, aften
  - English: oft, often
    - → Esperanto: ofte
      - → Ido: ofte
Old Frisian: ofta, ofte
- North Frisian: oft, oftem
- Saterland Frisian: oafte
Old Saxon: ofto, oft
- Middle Low German: ofte, oft
  - Low German: oft
Old Dutch: ofto
- Middle Dutch: ofte
  - Dutch: oft (obsolete)
Old High German: ofta, ofto, oftu
- Middle High German: ofte, oft, uft
  - German: oft
Old Norse: oft, opt
- Icelandic: oft
- Faroese: oft, ofta
- Norwegian Bokmål: ofte
- Norwegian Nynorsk: ofte
- Old Swedish: opt
- Danish: ofte
Gothic: 𐌿𐍆𐍄𐌰 (ufta)

References

^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “ufto”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 558