Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/haft

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 Proto-Germanic *haftaz.

Adjective

*haft^[1]

captive

Inflection

a-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*haft
Genitive	*haftas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*haft	*haftu	*haft
Accusative	*haftanā	*haftā	*haft
Genitive	*haftas	*hafteʀā	*haftas
Dative	*haftumē	*hafteʀē	*haftumē
Instrumental	*haftu	*hafteʀu	*haftu
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*haftē	*haftō	*haftu
Accusative	*haftā	*haftā	*haftu
Genitive	*hafteʀō	*hafteʀō	*hafteʀō
Dative	haftēm, haftum	haftēm, haftum	haftēm, haftum
Instrumental	haftēm, haftum	haftēm, haftum	haftēm, haftum

Derived terms

Descendants

Old English: hæft
Old Saxon: -haft
Old Dutch: -haft
- Middle Dutch: -acht, -achtig
  - Dutch: -acht, -achtig
Old High German: haft
- Middle High German: -haft
  - German: -haft
    - → Dutch: -haftig

References

^ Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014), The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 147: “PWGmc *haft”

[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014), The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 147: “PWGmc *haft”

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