sachte
Middle Dutch
adj
Definitions
- soft
- mild
- smooth
- light, easy
- slow
Etymology
Inherited from Old Dutch sāfti inherited from *samftī (level, even, smooth, soft, gentle).
Origin
*samftī
Gloss
level, even, smooth, soft, gentle
Concept
Semantic Field
Quantity
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
軟
Emoji
🎚️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- fluweelzacht Dutch, Flemish
- onzacht Dutch, Flemish
- zacht Dutch, Flemish
- zachtaardig Dutch, Flemish
- zachtheid Dutch, Flemish
- zachtjes Dutch, Flemish
- zachtmoedig Dutch, Flemish
- zachtzinnig Dutch, Flemish
- *semptio- Proto-Indo-European
- sefte Old English
- softe Old English
- sōfte Old English
- semfti Old High German
- sag Afrikaans
- *samftī gmw-pro
- safti Old Dutch
- sāfti Old Dutch
- *sāfti Old Saxon
- sefte Old Frisian
- sēfte Old Frisian
- smoutzochte West Flemish
- zochte West Flemish