cacht
Old Irish
/kaxt/
noun
Definitions
- person in bondage, slave
- bond, fetter
- captivity
- duress
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Celtic *kaxtos inherited from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂ptós (grabbed).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*kh₂ptós
Gloss
grabbed
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- haft English
- hobnob English
- captīvus Latin
- -haft German
- -haftig Dutch, Flemish
- *keh₂p- Proto-Indo-European
- *kh₂ptós Proto-Indo-European
- *aiwǭ Proto-Germanic
- *habjaną Proto-Germanic
- *habīgaz Proto-Germanic
- *haftaz Proto-Germanic
- *haftiją Proto-Germanic
- ahabban Old English
- behabban Old English
- forhabban Old English
- gehabban Old English
- habban Old English
- hefig Old English
- hæft Old English
- hæftling Old English
- oferhabban Old English
- ofhabban Old English
- onhabban Old English
- wiþerhabban Old English
- wiþhabban Old English
- ymbhabban Old English
- æthabban Old English
- haven Middle English
- cacht Irish
- haft Old High German
- *habbjan gmw-pro
- *kaxtos Proto-Celtic
- *kaɨθ Proto-Brythonic
- caxtos xtg