sefte

Middle English

Noun

sefte

  1. Alternative form of seventhe

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *samftī (at the same height, level, flat, smooth, not rough) (compare Proto-Germanic *sōmiz (agreeable, fitting)), from Proto-Indo-European *sóm-tu-, possibly from *sem- (one, whole).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈseːf.te/

Adjective

sēfte

  1. soft, luxurious
  2. gentle, not harsh
  3. easy, pleasant
  4. quiet, undisturbed

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle English: softe, soufte, zofte
    • English: soft
    • Scots: saft
    • Yola: zaft

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “samÞu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 426

Old Frisian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *samftī (compare Proto-Germanic *sōmiz (agreeable, fitting)), from Proto-Indo-European *sóm-tu-, possibly from *sem- (one, whole).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈseːfte/

Adjective

sēfte

  1. soft

Descendants

Adverb

sēfte

  1. softly

References

  • Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “samÞu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 426

Plautdietsch

Verb

sefte

  1. to sigh
  2. to utter a sigh
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