Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/samft(ī)
Proto-West Germanic
Alternative reconstructions
- *samft
Etymology
Likely from Proto-Germanic *samþuz, *samftuz (“gentleness”) + *-ī (adjective suffix), from Proto-Indo-European *sóm-tu-s, from *sem- (“one, same”).[1][2] Cognate with Sanskrit सन्त्य (santya, “belonging together”),[1] सान्त्व (sāntva, “consolation; gentle, mild”), Proto-Celtic *sāmos (“calm, easy, pleasant”), and possibly Ancient Greek ἥμερος (hḗmeros, “tame, civilized, cultivated”).
Adjective
*samft(ī)[3]
Inflection
| a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | ||
| Nominative | *samft | ||
| Genitive | *samftas | ||
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *samft | *samftu | *samft |
| Accusative | *samftanā | *samftā | *samft |
| Genitive | *samftas | *samfteʀā | *samftas |
| Dative | *samftumē | *samfteʀē | *samftumē |
| Instrumental | *samftu | *samfteʀu | *samftu |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *samftē | *samftō | *samftu |
| Accusative | *samftā | *samftā | *samftu |
| Genitive | *samfteʀō | *samfteʀō | *samfteʀō |
| Dative | *samftēm, *samftum | *samftēm, *samftum | *samftēm, *samftum |
| Instrumental | *samftēm, *samftum | *samftēm, *samftum | *samftēm, *samftum |
| ja-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | ||
| Nominative | *samftī | ||
| Genitive | *samftijas | ||
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *samftī | *samftiju | *samftī |
| Accusative | *samftijanā | *samftijā | *samftī |
| Genitive | *samftijas | *samftijeʀā | *samftijas |
| Dative | *samftijumē | *samftijeʀē | *samftijumē |
| Instrumental | *samftiju | *samftijeʀu | *samftiju |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *samftijē | *samftijō | *samftiju |
| Accusative | *samftijā | *samftijā | *samftiju |
| Genitive | *samftijeʀō | *samftijeʀō | *samftijeʀō |
| Dative | *samftijēm, *samftijum | *samftijēm, *samftijum | *samftijēm, *samftijum |
| Instrumental | *samftijēm, *samftijum | *samftijēm, *samftijum | *samftijēm, *samftijum |
Alternative reconstructions
- *samþī[2]
Related terms
Derived terms
Descendants
- Old English: sēfte, sœ̄fte, sōfte, sōft, sēft
- Old Frisian: sēfte, sēft
- West Frisian: sêft (adjective)
- >? Saterland Frisian: säft, sääft (adverb)
- Old Saxon: sāfti
- Old Dutch: sāfti
- Old High German: semfti, samfti, senfti
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*samþu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 426
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Pokorny, Julius (1959) “2. sem-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 902
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 140: “PWGmc *samft / *samftī”
Further reading
- Friedrich Kluge (1989) “sanft”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 617: “*samftja-”
- Vladimir Orel (2003) “*samþjaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 318