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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þinhtaz

This Proto-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-Germanic

Alternative forms

  • *þinhtijaz

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *tenk- (to contract).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθĩːx.tɑz/

Adjective

*þinhtaz

  1. tight

Inflection


Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *þį̄ht(ī)
    • Old English: *þīht, *þiht (in combination: meteþiht)
    • Old Frisian: *thīcht
    • Old Saxon: *thīht, *thīhti
    • Old Dutch: *thīhti, *thīht
    • Old High German: dīhti
      • Middle High German: dīchte, gedīhte
        • German: dicht; deicht (dialectal)
  • Old Norse: þéttr
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