Where does “sēfte” come from?

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

sēfte (Old English): soft, gentle, easy, comfortable

Definitions

  1. soft, gentle, easy, comfortable

Ancestry of “sēfte”, step by step

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

Words derived from “sēfte”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sóm-tu- →Every word from Proto-West Germanic samftī →