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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/þį̄ht(ī)
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *þinhtaz.
Adjective
*þį̄ht(ī)
- tight
Inflection
| a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | ||
| Nominative | *þį̄ht | ||
| Genitive | *þį̄htas | ||
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *þį̄ht | *þį̄htu | *þį̄ht |
| Accusative | *þį̄htanā | *þį̄htā | *þį̄ht |
| Genitive | *þį̄htas | *þį̄hteʀā | *þį̄htas |
| Dative | *þį̄htumē | *þį̄hteʀē | *þį̄htumē |
| Instrumental | *þį̄htu | *þį̄hteʀu | *þį̄htu |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *þį̄htē | *þį̄htō | *þį̄htu |
| Accusative | *þį̄htā | *þį̄htā | *þį̄htu |
| Genitive | *þį̄hteʀō | *þį̄hteʀō | *þį̄hteʀō |
| Dative | *þį̄htēm, *þį̄htum | *þį̄htēm, *þį̄htum | *þį̄htēm, *þį̄htum |
| Instrumental | *þį̄htēm, *þį̄htum | *þį̄htēm, *þį̄htum | *þį̄htēm, *þį̄htum |
| ja-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | ||
| Nominative | *þį̄htī | ||
| Genitive | *þį̄htijas | ||
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *þį̄htī | *þį̄htiju | *þį̄htī |
| Accusative | *þį̄htijanā | *þį̄htijā | *þį̄htī |
| Genitive | *þį̄htijas | *þį̄htijeʀā | *þį̄htijas |
| Dative | *þį̄htijumē | *þį̄htijeʀē | *þį̄htijumē |
| Instrumental | *þį̄htiju | *þį̄htijeʀu | *þį̄htiju |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *þį̄htijē | *þį̄htijō | *þį̄htiju |
| Accusative | *þį̄htijā | *þį̄htijā | *þį̄htiju |
| Genitive | *þį̄htijeʀō | *þį̄htijeʀō | *þį̄htijeʀō |
| Dative | *þį̄htijēm, *þį̄htijum | *þį̄htijēm, *þį̄htijum | *þį̄htijēm, *þį̄htijum |
| Instrumental | *þį̄htijēm, *þį̄htijum | *þį̄htijēm, *þį̄htijum | *þį̄htijēm, *þį̄htijum |
Related terms
- *þį̄han
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
- → German: Tight
- → Danish: tights
- → Norwegian: tights
- → Swedish: tajts, tights
- 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