-eht
Old English
suffix
Definitions
- suffix meaning having, bearing, possessing; occasionally causes i-mutation of preceding vowels
- characterized by; full of, covered with
- inclined to
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *-ihtaz.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*-ihtaz
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -achtig Dutch, Flemish
- *-ihtaz Proto-Germanic
- *-uhtaz Proto-Germanic
- *-īgaz Proto-Germanic
- *haftaz Proto-Germanic
- -ut Norwegian Nynorsk
- -iht Old English
- -iġ Old English
- -ik Middle English
- -ike Middle English
- -y Middle English
- -óttr Old Norse
- -óttur Icelandic
- -achtig Middle Dutch
- -echt Middle Dutch
- -utur Faroese
- *-uhtaʀ Proto-Norse