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Where does “sāfti” come from?

sāfti (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic samftī, from Proto-Indo-European *sóm-tu-.

Ancestry of “sāfti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicsamftīlevel, even, smooth, soft, gentle
2Proto-Indo-European*sóm-tu-—

Words derived from “sāfti”

  • zacht
  • sochte
  • sachte
  • sag
  • smoutzochte
  • zochte
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sóm-tu- →