*þinhtaz

Runic: ᚦᛁᚾᚺᛏᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈθĩːx.tɑz/

adjective · a-stem

Meanings

tight

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ténktos, from *tenk- (‘to contract’). Cognate with Sanskrit तञ्च् (tañc) (tañc, ‘to contract, coagulate’); see there for more cognates.

Declension

Strong declension

Case	Sg. Masc.	Sg. Fem.	Sg. Neut.	Pl. Masc.	Pl. Fem.	Pl. Neut.
Nom.	þinhtaz	þinhtō	þinhtą, -atō	þinhtai	þinhtôz	þinhtō
Acc.	þinhtanǭ	þinhtǭ	þinhtą, -atō	þinhtanz	þinhtōz	þinhtō
Gen.	þinhtas, -is	þinhtaizōz	þinhtas, -is	þinhtaizǫ̂	þinhtaizǫ̂	þinhtaizǫ̂
Dat.	þinhtammai	þinhtaizōi	þinhtammai	þinhtaimaz	þinhtaimaz	þinhtaimaz
Inst.	þinhtanō	þinhtaizō	þinhtanō	þinhtaimiz	þinhtaimiz	þinhtaimiz

Weak declension

Case	Sg. Masc.	Sg. Fem.	Sg. Neut.	Pl. Masc.	Pl. Fem.	Pl. Neut.
Nom.	þinhtô	þinhtǭ	þinhtô	þinhtaniz	þinhtōniz	þinhtōnō
Acc.	þinhtanų	þinhtōnų	þinhtô	þinhtanunz	þinhtōnunz	þinhtōnō
Gen.	þinhtiniz	þinhtōniz	þinhtiniz	þinhtanǫ̂	þinhtōnǫ̂	þinhtanǫ̂
Dat.	þinhtini	þinhtōni	þinhtini	þinhtammaz	þinhtōmaz	þinhtammaz
Inst.	þinhtinē	þinhtōnē	þinhtinē	þinhtammiz	þinhtōmiz	þinhtammiz

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Descendants

*þį̄ht(ī) (Proto-West Germanic)
- (in combination: meteþiht
  - thiht, thight (Middle English)
    - ticht (Scots)
*þį̄ht(ī) (Proto-West Germanic)
- (in combination: meteþiht
  - thiht, thight (Middle English)
    - tight (English)
      - tight (Danish)
      - teit (Norwegian)
      - tajt, tight (Swedish)
*þį̄ht(ī) (Proto-West Germanic)
- (in combination: meteþiht
  - thiht, thight (Middle English)
    - tight (English)
      - tights (English)
        
        tights (Danish)
        
        Tight (German)
        
        tights (Norwegian Bokmål)
        
        tights (Norwegian Nynorsk)
        
        tajts, tights (Swedish)
*þį̄ht(ī) (Proto-West Germanic)
- *thīhti (Old Dutch)
  - dichte, dicht (Middle Dutch)
    - dicht (Dutch)
*þį̄ht(ī) (Proto-West Germanic)
- *þīht, *þiht (Old English)
  - thiht, thight (Middle English)
    - ticht (Scots)
*þį̄ht(ī) (Proto-West Germanic)
- *þīht, *þiht (Old English)
  - thiht, thight (Middle English)
    - tight (English)
      - tight (Danish)
      - teit (Norwegian)
      - tajt, tight (Swedish)
*þį̄ht(ī) (Proto-West Germanic)
- *þīht, *þiht (Old English)
  - thiht, thight (Middle English)
    - tight (English)
      - tights (English)
        
        tights (Danish)
        
        Tight (German)
        
        tights (Norwegian Bokmål)
        
        tights (Norwegian Nynorsk)
        
        tajts, tights (Swedish)
*þį̄ht(ī) (Proto-West Germanic)
- *thīcht (Old Frisian)
  - ticht (Saterland Frisian)
  - ticht (West Frisian)
*þį̄ht(ī) (Proto-West Germanic)
- dīhti (Old High German)
  - dīchte, gedīhte (Middle High German)
    - dicht, deicht (German)
*þį̄ht(ī) (Proto-West Germanic)
- *thīht, *thīhti (Old Saxon)
  - dicht, dichte (Middle Low German)
    - dicht (German Low German)
þéttr (Old Norse)
- tæt (Danish)
- tættur (Faroese)
- þéttur (Icelandic)
- tett (Norwegian Bokmål)
- tett (Norwegian Nynorsk)
þéttr (Old Norse)
- thǣtter (Old Swedish)
  - tät (Swedish)

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