Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/mahti

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 *mahtiz.

Noun

*mahti f

might, power

Inflection

i-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*mahti
Genitive	*mahtī
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*mahti	*mahtī
Accusative	*mahti	*mahtī
Genitive	*mahtī	*mahtijō
Dative	*mahtī	mahtim, mahtijum
Instrumental	*mahtī	mahtim, mahtijum

Alternative forms

*mahtu

Derived terms

Descendants

Old English: (early) maht, meaht, (late WS) meht, (with i-umlaut) mieht, miht, myht, (Anglian) mæht
- Middle English: miht, might
  - Scots: micht
  - English: might
  - Yola: mought
Old Frisian: mecht, macht
- North Frisian: macht
- Saterland Frisian: Macht
- West Frisian: macht
Old Saxon: maht
- Middle Low German: macht
  - German Low German: Macht
  - Dutch Low Saxon: macht
  - Plautdietsch: Macht
  - → Norwegian: makt
  - → Swedish: makt
  - → Danish: magt
  - → Gutnish: mäkt
Old Dutch: *maht
- Middle Dutch: macht
  - Dutch: macht
    - Afrikaans: mag
  - Limburgish: mach
Old High German: maht
- Middle High German: maht, macht
  - German: Macht
  - Luxembourgish: Muecht
  - Yiddish: מאַכט (makht)