Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/aihti

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *aihtiz.

Noun

*aihti f

1. possessions, property

   Synonym: *fehu

Inflection

i-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*aihti
Genitive	*aihtī
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*aihti	*aihtī
Accusative	*aihti	*aihtī
Genitive	*aihtī	*aihtijō
Dative	*aihtī	*aihtim, *aihtijum
Instrumental	*aihtī	*aihtim, *aihtijum

Descendants

• Old English: ǣht
  • Middle English: aught, ought
    • English: aught, ought
    • Scots: aucht
• Old Saxon: ēht
  • ⇒ Old Saxon: *frēht (prefixed with *fra-)
    • Middle Low German: vracht
      • German Low German: fracht
      • → Middle Dutch: vracht
        • Dutch: vracht
          • Afrikaans: vrag
      • → Danish: fragt
      • → English: freight, fraught (possibly via Middle Dutch)
      • → German: Fracht
      • → Gutnish: frakt
      • → Norwegian: frakt (possibly via Middle Dutch)
      • → Swedish: frakt
• Old Dutch: *ēht
  • ⇒ Old Dutch: *frēht
    • Middle Dutch: vrecht
• Old High German: ēht