maht

See also: māht and mäht

Gothic

Romanization

maht

  1. Romanization of 𐌼𐌰𐌷𐍄

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mahtiz, from *maganą + *-þiz, or from Proto-Indo-European *mógʰtis, from *megʰ-. Cognate with Old Saxon maht, Old English miht, Old Frisian macht, Old Norse máttr, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃 (mahts).

Noun

maht f

  1. might

Declension
Declension of maht (feminine i-stem)
case singular plural
nominative maht mahti
accusative maht mahti
genitive mahti mahto
dative mahti mahten

Descendants

References
  1. Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mahtiz, from *maganą + *-þiz, or from Proto-Indo-European *mógʰtis, from *megʰ-. Compare Old High German maht, Old English miht, Old Frisian macht, Old Norse máttr, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃 (mahts).

Noun

maht f

  1. might

Declension
Declension of maht
  Singular Plural
nominative maht mahti
accusative maht mahti
genitive mahtes mahtō
dative mahte mahtum
instrumental — —

Descendants
  • Middle Low German: macht
    • German Low German: Macht
    • Dutch Low Saxon: macht
    • Plautdietsch: Macht
    • → Norwegian: makt
    • → Swedish: makt
    • → Danish: magt
    • → Gutnish: mäkt
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