"-haft" meaning in German

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Suffix

IPA: /-haft/, [haft] Audio: De--haft.ogg , LL-Q188 (deu)-Frank C. Müller--haft.wav
Etymology: 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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|-haft}} Middle High German -haft, {{der|de|goh|haft}} Old High German haft, {{der|de|gmw-pro|*haft}} Proto-West Germanic *haft, {{der|de|gem-pro|*haftaz|t=captured, afflicted}} Proto-Germanic *haftaz (“captured, afflicted”), {{der|de|ine-pro|*kh₂ptós}} Proto-Indo-European *kh₂ptós, {{m|ine-pro|*keh₂p-|t=to seize}} *keh₂p- (“to seize”), {{cog|ang|hæft|t=captive}} Old English hæft (“captive”), {{cog|got|𐌷𐌰𐍆𐍄𐍃}} Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐍆𐍄𐍃 (hafts), {{cog|la|captus|t=captured}} Latin captus (“captured”), {{cog|sga|cacht|t=captive, chain}} Old Irish cacht (“captive, chain”), {{cog|cy|caeth|t=slave, captivity, chain}} Welsh caeth (“slave, captivity, chain”), {{cog|la|captīvus|t=captive}} Latin captīvus (“captive”) Head templates: {{head|de|suffix|cat2=adjective-forming suffixes|cat3=productive suffixes}} -haft
  1. Used to form adjectives from nouns. Wikipedia link: Elmar Seebold, Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, de:Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--haft-de-suffix--G8K2BrM Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header

Alternative forms

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