Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ufta
Proto-Germanic edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Uncertain; according to Kroonen, derived from *ub (“under”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
*ufta
Descendants edit
- Old English: oft
- Old Frisian: ofta, ofte
- Old Saxon: ofto, oft
- Old Dutch: ofto
- Old High German: ofta, ofto, oftu
- Old Norse: oft, opt
- Gothic: 𐌿𐍆𐍄𐌰 (ufta)
References edit
Further reading edit
- van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “oft”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute