myght
Middle English
/mixt/, /mauxt/
noun
Definitions
- might
Etymology
Inherited from Old English miht (power, ability) inherited from Proto-Germanic *mahtiz (power, might).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*mahtiz
Gloss
power, might
Concept
Semantic Field
Social and political relations
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
力
Emoji
🏋️ 💡
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- almighty English
- might English
- might-be English
- mighta English
- mightand English
- mighteous English
- mightest English
- mighteth English
- mightful English
- mightless English
- mightly English
- mightn't English
- mightnae English
- mighty English
- unmight English
- Mactulfi Latin
- *megʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *mógʰtis Proto-Indo-European
- *mahtiz Proto-Germanic
- miht Old English
- mihtig Old English
- mihtleas Old English
- mihtlic Old English
- mihtlice Old English
- ælmiht Old English
- ælmihtig Old English
- ælmihtiġ Old English
- -y Middle English
- all Middle English
- almyghty Middle English
- might Middle English
- myghty Middle English
- máttr Old Norse
- maht Old High German
- 𐌼𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃 Gothic
- *mahti Proto-Finnic
- macht Middle Low German
- maht Old Saxon
- awmichtie Scots