Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/haftiją

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

Etymology

Derived from *haftijaną (“to bind, secure”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈxɑɸ.ti.jɑ̃/

Noun

*haftiją n

haft, handle

Inflection

Declension of *haftiją (neuter ja-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*haftiją	*haftijō
vocative	*haftiją	*haftijō
accusative	*haftiją	*haftijō
genitive	haftijas, haftīs	*haftijǫ̂
dative	*haftijai	*haftijamaz
instrumental	*haftijō	*haftijamiz

Synonyms

*halbiz

Related terms

*haftą
*haftaz
*haftiz
*haftinōną

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *haftī
- Old English: hæft
  - Middle English: haft, heft
    - English: haft
    - Scots: haft, heft
- Old Frisian: *heft
  - Saterland Frisian: Hääft, Hächt
- Old Saxon: *hefti
  - Middle Low German: hefte, hechte, hecht
    - German Low German: Hecht
- Old Dutch: *hefti
  - Middle Dutch: hechte, hefte
    - Dutch: heft
      - Afrikaans: hef
    - → French: hec, hece, hé (“hook”) (dialectal)
- Old High German: hefti
  - Middle High German: hefte
    - German: Heft
Old Norse: hepti
- Icelandic: hefti
- Old Swedish: hæpte
  - Swedish: häfte
- Danish: hæfte

References

^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*xaftjan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 149

[1] Vladimir Orel (2003) “*xaftjan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 149

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