maht

See also: māht and mäht

Gothic

Romanization

maht

1. Romanization of 𐌼𐌰𐌷𐍄

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Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mahtiz, from *maganą + *-þiz, or from Proto-Indo-European *mógʰtis, from *megʰ-. Cognate with Old Saxon maht, Old English miht, Old Frisian macht, Old Norse máttr, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃 (mahts).

Noun

maht f

1. might

Declension

Declension of maht (feminine i-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	maht	mahti
accusative	maht	mahti
genitive	mahti	mahto
dative	mahti	mahtim, mahten

Descendants

• Middle High German: maht
  • German: Macht
  • Yiddish: מאַכט (makht)

References

1. Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014

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Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mahtiz, from *maganą + *-þiz, or from Proto-Indo-European *mógʰtis, from *megʰ-. Compare Old High German maht, Old English miht, Old Frisian macht, Old Norse máttr, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃 (mahts).

Noun

maht f

1. might

Declension

Declension of maht (irregular)

	singular	plural
nominative	maht	maht
accusative	mahtes	mahte
genitive	mahti	mahti
dative	mahtō	mahtum
instrumental	—	—

Descendants

• Middle Low German: macht
  • German Low German: Macht
  • Dutch Low Saxon: macht
  • Plautdietsch: Macht
  • → Norwegian: makt
  • → Swedish: makt
  • → Danish: magt
  • → Gutnish: mäkt