Words that come from Proto-West Germanic “haftijan”

47 words across 17 languages descend from Proto-West Germanic haftijan — including hefty, heft, heftily, heftiness, hefti, gehechtheid, hechten, hechtenis.

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German (10)

Dutch (8)

English (7)

Yiddish (3)

Old Saxon (3)

Danish (2)

Luxembourgish (2)

Polish (2)

Ukrainian (2)

Hungarian (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Indonesian (1)

Old High German (1)

Middle High German (1)

Kashubian (1)

Plautdietsch (1)