Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/samftō

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 *samftī +‎ *-ō.

Adverb

*samftō

softly, gently

Descendants

Old English: sōfte, sōft
Old Saxon: sāfto
- Middle Low German: sachte
  - German Low German:
    Altmärkisch: sacht, sachte
  - → Norwegian: sagt, sagte
  - → Swedish: sakta (archaic, dialectal)
  - → Danish: sagt, sagte
Old High German: samfto
- Middle High German: sanfte, samfte