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Where does “sāfti” come from?
sāfti (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-West Germanic samftī, from Proto-Indo-European *sóm-tu-.
Ancestry of “sāfti”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-West Germanic
samftī
level, even, smooth, soft, gentle
2
Proto-Indo-European
*sóm-tu-
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Words derived from “sāfti”
sachte
sachte
sacht
sakte
sakte
sacht
sachte
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