safti

Old Dutch

Etymology

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

sāfti

  1. soft
  2. mild, calm

Inflection

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

  • Middle Dutch: sachte
    • Dutch: zacht, zanft (dialectal)

References

  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. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “zacht”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

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