Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/aiwahaft

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From *aiw (“law”) +‎ *haft (“captive, bound”).

Adjective

*aiwahaft

lawful
true, genuine, real
honourable

Inflection

a-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*aiwahaft
Genitive	*aiwahaftas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*aiwahaft	*aiwahaftu	*aiwahaft
Accusative	*aiwahaftanā	*aiwahaftā	*aiwahaft
Genitive	*aiwahaftas	*aiwahafteʀā	*aiwahaftas
Dative	*aiwahaftumē	*aiwahafteʀē	*aiwahaftumē
Instrumental	*aiwahaftu	*aiwahafteʀu	*aiwahaftu
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*aiwahaftē	*aiwahaftō	*aiwahaftu
Accusative	*aiwahaftā	*aiwahaftā	*aiwahaftu
Genitive	*aiwahafteʀō	*aiwahafteʀō	*aiwahafteʀō
Dative	aiwahaftēm, aiwahaftum	aiwahaftēm, aiwahaftum	aiwahaftēm, aiwahaftum
Instrumental	aiwahaftēm, aiwahaftum	aiwahaftēm, aiwahaftum	aiwahaftēm, aiwahaftum

Descendants

Old Saxon: *ēhaft
- Middle Low German: echt
  - German Low German: echt
  - → Danish: ægte
    - → Icelandic: ekta
  - → Estonian: eht
  - → Middle High German: echt
    - Bavarian: ächd
    - German: echt
      - → English: echt
    - Hunsrik: echt
  - → Norwegian: ekte
  - → Swedish: äkta
Old Dutch: *ēhaft
- Middle Dutch: echt
  - Dutch: echt
Old High German: ēhaft