-haft

Bedeutung (English)

Used to form adjectives from nouns.

Synonyms

-ig

-isch

-lich

-ös

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/-haft/

Etymologie (English)

Inherited from Mittelhochdeutsch: -haft

Cognate with Altenglisch: hæft

Cognate with Gotisch: 𐌷𐌰𐍆𐍄𐍃

Cognate with Latein: captus

Cognate with Altirisch: cacht

Cognate with Walisisch: caeth

Cognate with Latein: captīvus

In summary

From Middle High German -haft, from Old High German haft, from Proto-West Germanic *haft, from Proto-Germanic *haftaz (“captured, afflicted”), from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂ptós, from the root *keh₂p- (“to seize”).
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”).