Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/samftō

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From *samftī +‎ *-ō.

Adverb

*samftō

1. softly, gently

Descendants

• Old English: sōfte
  • Middle English: softe, soft
    • English: soft
• Old Saxon: sāfto
  • Middle Low German: sachte
    • German Low German:

      Altmärkisch: sacht, sachte

    • → Norwegian: sagt, sagte
    • → Swedish: sakta (archaic, dialectal)
    • → Danish: sagt, sagte
• Old High German: samfto
  • Middle High German: sanfte, samfte