Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/mahti

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 *mahtiz.

Noun

*mahti f

1. might, power

Inflection

i-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*mahti
Genitive	*mahtī
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*mahti	*mahtī
Accusative	*mahti	*mahtī
Genitive	*mahtī	*mahtijō
Dative	*mahtī	*mahtim, *mahtijum
Instrumental	*mahtī	*mahtim, *mahtijum

Alternative forms

• *mahtu

Derived terms

• *mahtīg
• *mahtilīk

Descendants

• Old English: miht, maht — early, meaht — breaking before -ht, mæht — Anglian, meht — late West Saxon, mieht, myht
  • Middle English: myght, maught, might, myghte, miȝt
    • English: might
    • Scots: micht, maucht
    • Yola: mought
• Old Frisian: mecht, macht
  • North Frisian: macht
  • Saterland Frisian: Macht
  • West Frisian: macht
• Old Saxon: maht
  • Middle Low German: macht
    • German Low German: Macht
    • Dutch Low Saxon: macht
    • Plautdietsch: Macht
    • → Norwegian: makt
    • → Swedish: makt
    • → Danish: magt
    • → Gutnish: mäkt
• Old Dutch: *maht
  • Middle Dutch: macht
    • Dutch: macht, magt (obsolete)
      • Afrikaans: mag
      • Negerhollands: macht, magt
      • Skepi Creole Dutch: makt
      • → Aukan: makiti
      • → Caribbean Javanese: makti
    • Limburgish: mach
• Old High German: maht
  • Middle High German: maht, macht
    • German: Macht
    • Luxembourgish: Muecht
    • Yiddish: מאַכט (makht)