Etymology Explorer › Middle High German

Where does “semfte” come from?

semfte (Middle High German) comes from Old High German semfti, from Old High German -ī, from Proto-West Germanic -ī, from Proto-Germanic -į̄, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Ancestry of “semfte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germansemftisoft; softness
2Old High German-ī-ness
3Proto-West Germanic-ī-ness, -th
4Proto-Germanic-į̄-th
5Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
6Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “semfte”

  • sanft
  • unsanft
  • sanft
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