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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/haft
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *haftaz.
Adjective
*haft[1]
- captive
Inflection
| a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *haft | *haftu | *haft |
| Accusative | *haftanā | *haftā | *haft |
| Genitive | *haftas | *hafteʀā | *haftas |
| Dative | *haftumē | *hafteʀē | *haftumē |
| Instrumental | *haftu | *hafteʀu | *haftu |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *haftē | *haftō | *haftu |
| Accusative | *haftā | *haftā | *haftu |
| Genitive | *hafteʀō | *hafteʀō | *hafteʀō |
| Dative | *haftēm, *haftum | *haftēm, *haftum | *haftēm, *haftum |
| Instrumental | *haftēm, *haftum | *haftēm, *haftum | *haftēm, *haftum |
Descendants
- Old English: hæft
- Old Saxon: -haft
- Old Dutch: -haft
- Middle Dutch: -acht, -achtig
- Dutch: -achtig
- Middle Dutch: -acht, -achtig
- Old High German: haft
- German: -haft
- → Dutch: -haftig
- German: -haft
References
- Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 147: “PWGmc *haft”