safti
Old Dutch
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *samftī, from Proto-Germanic *samftija (adjective) (compare Proto-Germanic *sōmiz (“agreeable, fitting”)), from Proto-Indo-European *sóm-tu-, possibly from *sem- (“one, whole”).[1][2]
Adjective
sāfti
- soft
- mild, calm
Inflection
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Middle Dutch: sachte
- Dutch: zacht
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “samÞu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 426
- van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “zacht”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
Further reading
- “sahti (III)”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012