-eht

See also: eht

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *-ihtaz, *-ahtaz. Akin to Middle Dutch -echt (Dutch -achtig), Old Saxon -aht, -oht, Old High German -aht (German -icht), Old Norse -óttr, Old English -iġ.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /eht/, [eçt]

Suffix

-eht

  1. suffix meaning having, bearing, possessing; occasionally causes i-mutation of preceding vowels
    līreht (“fleshy, carnal”), from līra (“muscle, flesh”)
  2. characterized by; full of, covered with
  3. inclined to
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