safti
Old Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *samftī, from Proto-Germanic *samftija (adjective) (compare Proto-Germanic *sōmiz (“agreeable, fitting”)), from Proto-Indo-European *sóm-tu-, possibly from *sem- (“one, whole”).[1][2]
Adjective
[edit]sāfti
Inflection
[edit]Declension of sāfti (ja-stem)
| strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| case | masculine | feminine | neuter | plural | ||
| nominative | sāfti | sāfti | sāfti | sāfta, sāfte | ||
| accusative | sāften | sāfta | sāfti | sāfta, sāfte | ||
| genitive | sāftes | sāftero | sāftes | sāftero | ||
| dative | sāftin, sāftemo | sāftero | sāftin, sāftemo | sāfton | ||
| weak declension | ||||||
| case | masculine | feminine | neuter | plural | ||
| nominative | sāfto | sāfta | sāfta | sāfton | ||
| accusative | sāfton | sāfton | sāfta | sāfton | ||
| genitive | sāftin | sāfton | sāftin | sāftono | ||
| dative | sāftin | sāfton | sāftin | sāfton | ||
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “samÞu-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 426
- ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “zacht”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
Further reading
[edit]- “sahti (III)”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012