Old High German edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-West Germanic *samftī (compare Proto-Germanic *sōmiz (agreeable, fitting)), from Proto-Indo-European *sóm-tu-, possibly from *sem- (one, whole).[1]

Adjective edit

semfti

  1. soft
Alternative forms edit
Derived terms edit
  • semftī
Descendants edit
  • Middle High German: semfte, senfte, sanfte

Etymology 2 edit

semfti (soft) +‎

Noun edit

semftī f

  1. softness
Declension edit

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