safti

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Old Dutch

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Etymology

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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

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sāfti

  1. soft
  2. mild, calm

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Middle Dutch: sachte

References

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

Further reading

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