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-haft

-haft

See also: haft and Haft

German

Suffix

-haft

  1. An adjectival suffix.

Derived terms

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References

  1. ↑ “Haft” in: Friedrich Kluge, “Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache” , 22. Auflage, 1989, bearbeitet von Elmar Seebold, ISBN 3-11-006800-1

Etymology

From Old High German haft, from Proto-Germanic *haftaz ‎(“captured, afflicted”), from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂ptós, from the root *keh₂p- ‎(“to seize”).[1] Cognates include Old English hæft ‎(“captive”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐍆𐍄𐍃 ‎(hafts), Latin captus ‎(“captured”), Old Irish cacht ‎(“captive, chain”), Welsh caeth ‎(“slave, captivity, chain”), Latin captīvus ‎(“captive”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /haft/, [haftʰ]

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