weght

Middle English

Alternative forms

• weghte, weighte, weihte, weit, wighte

Etymology

From Old English wiht, from Proto-West Germanic *wihti, from Proto-Germanic *wihtiz.

Pronunciation

• (inherited from Old English) IPA^(key): /wixt/, /wiːxt/
• (influenced by weghen) IPA^(key): /wɛxt/, /wæi̯xt/

Noun

weght (plural weghtes)

1. weight

Descendants

• English: weight
• Scots: wecht, weicht
• Yola: waaight

References

• “weght, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.