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)

weight

Descendants

English: weight
Yola: waaight

References

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

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