-haft

See also: haft and Haft

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German

Etymology

From Old High German haft, from Proto-Germanic *haftaz (“captured, afflicted”), from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂ptós, from the root *keh₂p- (“to seize”). Cognates include Old English hæft (“captive”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐍆𐍄𐍃 (hafts), Latin captus (“captured”), Old Irish cacht (“captive, chain”), Welsh caeth (“slave, captivity, chain”), Latin captīvus (“captive”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haft/, [haftʰ]

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Suffix

-haft

1. an adjectival suffix

Derived terms

► German words suffixed with -haft

References