safti

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Old Dutch

Etymology

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

sāfti

  1. soft
  2. mild, calm

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • Middle Dutch: sachte

References

  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “samÞu-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, 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

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