maht

See also: māht and mäht

Gothic

Romanization

maht

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

might

Declension

Declension of maht (feminine i-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	maht	mahti
accusative	maht	mahti
genitive	mahti	mahto
dative	mahti	mahten

Descendants

Middle High German: maht
- German: Macht
- Yiddish: מאַכט‎ (makht)

References

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

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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