Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/aiwahaft

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From *aiw (“law”) +‎ *haft (“captive, bound”).

Adjective

*aiwahaft

1. lawful
2. true, genuine, real
3. honourable

Inflection

a-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*aiwahaft
Genitive	*aiwahaftas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*aiwahaft	*aiwahaftu	*aiwahaft
Accusative	*aiwahaftanā	*aiwahaftā	*aiwahaft
Genitive	*aiwahaftas	*aiwahafteʀā	*aiwahaftas
Dative	*aiwahaftumē	*aiwahafteʀē	*aiwahaftumē
Instrumental	*aiwahaftu	*aiwahafteʀu	*aiwahaftu
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*aiwahaftē	*aiwahaftō	*aiwahaftu
Accusative	*aiwahaftā	*aiwahaftā	*aiwahaftu
Genitive	*aiwahafteʀō	*aiwahafteʀō	*aiwahafteʀō
Dative	*aiwahaftēm, *aiwahaftum	*aiwahaftēm, *aiwahaftum	*aiwahaftēm, *aiwahaftum
Instrumental	*aiwahaftēm, *aiwahaftum	*aiwahaftēm, *aiwahaftum	*aiwahaftēm, *aiwahaftum

Descendants

• Old Saxon: *ēhaft
  • Middle Low German: echt
    • German Low German: echt
      • Norwegian Bokmål: ekte
    • → Middle High German: echt
      • Bavarian: ächd
      • German: echt, ächt (obsolete)
        • → English: echt
      • Hunsrik: echt
    • → Norwegian Nynorsk: ekte
      • → Icelandic: ekta
    • → Swedish: äkta
    • → Danish: ægte
    • → Estonian: eht
• Old Dutch: *ēhaft
  • Middle Dutch: echt
    • Dutch: echt
      • Afrikaans: eg
• Old High German: ēhaft