*uftō

Runic: ᚢᚠᛏᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈuɸ.tɔː/

adverb

Meanings

oft; often

Etymology

Uncertain; according to Kroonen, an adverbial formation derived from *ub (‘under’).

Descendants

  • *oftō (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *ofto (Old Dutch)
      • ofte, oft (Middle Dutch)
        • oft (Dutch)
  • *oftō (Proto-West Germanic)
    • oft (Old English)
      • oft, ofte, often (Middle English)
        • oft, oftin, aften (Scots)
  • *oftō (Proto-West Germanic)
    • oft (Old English)
      • oft, ofte, often (Middle English)
        • oft, often (English)
          • ofte (Esperanto)
            • ofte (Ido)
  • *oftō (Proto-West Germanic)
    • ofta, ofte (Old Frisian)
      • oafte (Saterland Frisian)
      • ofte, oft (West Frisian)
  • *oftō (Proto-West Germanic)
    • ofta, ofte (Old Frisian)
      • ? (North Frisian)
        • oftem, oofting (Mooring)
        • aaft (Sylt)
  • *oftō (Proto-West Germanic)
    • ofto (Old High German)
      • ofte, oft (Middle High German)
        • oft (German)
        • oft (Luxembourgish)
        • oft (Pennsylvania German)
  • *oftō (Proto-West Germanic)
    • ofto, oft (Old Saxon)
      • ofte, oft (Middle Low German)
        • oft (Low German)
  • opt (Old Norse)
    • ofte (Danish)
    • ofta (Faroese)
    • oft (Icelandic)
    • ofte (Norwegian)
  • opt (Old Norse)
    • opta (Old Swedish)
      • ofta (Swedish)
  • oft (Old Norse)
    • ofte (Danish)
    • ofta (Faroese)
    • oft (Icelandic)
    • ofte (Norwegian)
  • oft (Old Norse)
    • opta (Old Swedish)
      • ofta (Swedish)
  • 𐌿𐍆𐍄𐌰 (ufta) (Gothic)

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