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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þinhtaz
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Proto-Germanic
Alternative forms
- *þinhtijaz
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *tenk- (“to contract”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈθĩːx.tɑz/
Adjective
*þinhtaz
- tight
Inflection
Declension of *þinhtaz (a-stem)
| Strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *þinhtaz | *þinhtai | *þinhtō | *þinhtôz | *þinhtą, -atō | *þinhtō |
| Accusative | *þinhtanǭ | *þinhtanz | *þinhtǭ | *þinhtōz | *þinhtą, -atō | *þinhtō |
| Genitive | *þinhtas, -is | *þinhtaizǫ̂ | *þinhtaizōz | *þinhtaizǫ̂ | *þinhtas, -is | *þinhtaizǫ̂ |
| Dative | *þinhtammai | *þinhtaimaz | *þinhtaizōi | *þinhtaimaz | *þinhtammai | *þinhtaimaz |
| Instrumental | *þinhtanō | *þinhtaimiz | *þinhtaizō | *þinhtaimiz | *þinhtanō | *þinhtaimiz |
| Weak declension | ||||||
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *þinhtô | *þinhtaniz | *þinhtǭ | *þinhtōniz | *þinhtô | *þinhtōnō |
| Accusative | *þinhtanų | *þinhtanunz | *þinhtōnų | *þinhtōnunz | *þinhtô | *þinhtōnō |
| Genitive | *þinhtiniz | *þinhtanǫ̂ | *þinhtōniz | *þinhtōnǫ̂ | *þinhtiniz | *þinhtanǫ̂ |
| Dative | *þinhtini | *þinhtammaz | *þinhtōni | *þinhtōmaz | *þinhtini | *þinhtammaz |
| Instrumental | *þinhtinē | *þinhtammiz | *þinhtōnē | *þinhtōmiz | *þinhtinē | *þinhtammiz |
Related terms
- *þinhaną
Descendants
- Old English: *þīht, þiht (in combination: meteþiht)
- Middle English: thiht, thight
- Scots: ticht
- English: tight
- → Danish: tight
- → Norwegian: teit
- → Swedish: tajt, tight
- English: tights pl (noun)
- → German: Tight f sg
- → Danish: tights pl
- → Norwegian: tights pl
- → Swedish: tajts pl, tights pl
- Middle English: thiht, thight
- Old Frisian: *thīcht
- Saterland Frisian: ticht
- West Frisian: ticht
- Old Saxon: *thīht, *thīhti
- Middle Low German: dicht, dichte
- German Low German: dicht
- Middle Low German: dicht, dichte
- Old Dutch: *thīhti, *thīht
- Middle Dutch: dichte, dicht
- Dutch: dicht
- Middle Dutch: dichte, dicht
- Old High German: dīhti
- Middle High German: dīchte, gedīhte
- German: dicht; deicht (dialectal)
- Middle High German: dīchte, gedīhte
- Old Norse: þéttr
- Icelandic: þéttur
- Faroese: tættur
- Norwegian: tett, tjett
- Old Swedish: thǣtter
- Swedish: tät
- Danish: tæt
- Westrobothnian: tjett