Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/uftō

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Alternative forms

*ufta

Etymology

Uncertain; according to Kroonen, an adverbial formation derived from *ub (“under”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈuɸ.tɔː/

Adverb

*uftō

oft; often

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *oftō
- Old English: oft
  - Middle English: oft, ofte, often
    - Scots: oft, oftin, aften
    - English: oft, often
      - → Esperanto: ofte
        → Ido: ofte
- Old Frisian: ofta, ofte
  - North Frisian: oft, oftem
  - Saterland Frisian: oafte
  - West Frisian: ofte, oft
- Old Saxon: ofto, oft
  - Middle Low German: ofte, oft
    - Low German: oft
- Old Dutch: *ofto
  - Middle Dutch: ofte, oft
    - Dutch: oft
- Old High German: ofto
  - Middle High German: ofte, oft
    - German: oft
Old Norse: opt, oft
- Icelandic: oft, ott
- Faroese: ofta
- Norwegian: ofte
- Old Swedish: opta
  - Swedish: ofta
- Danish: ofte
Gothic: 𐌿𐍆𐍄𐌰 (ufta)

References

^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*uftō”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 558

[1] Guus Kroonen (2013) “*uftō”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 558

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