Old Dutch edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

sāfti

  1. soft
  2. mild, calm

Inflection edit

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants edit

  • Middle Dutch: sachte

References edit

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “samÞu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 426
  2. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “zacht”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

Further reading edit