liht

Middle English

Noun

liht

  1. Alternative form of light

Old English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /liːxt/

Adjective

līht

  1. (Anglian) Alternative form of lēoht (“light in weight, not heavy”)

Old High German

Alternative forms
  • līhti

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *lį̄ht, from Proto-Germanic *linhtaz (whence also Old English lēoht, Old Norse léttr), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ-.

Adjective

līht

  1. light (not heavy)

Descendants
  • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
    • Central Franconian:
      Hunsrik: leicht
      Luxembourgish: liicht
    • East Central German:
      Vilamovian: łajcht
    • German: leicht
    • Rhine Franconian: läicht, leicht, licht
      Frankfurterisch: [laiʃt]
      Pennsylvania German: leicht
    • Yiddish: לײַכט‎ (laykht)

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *lį̄ht, from Proto-Germanic *linhtaz, whence also Old English lēoht, Old Norse léttr.

Adjective

līht

  1. light (in weight)

Declension

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Descendants

Pohnpeian

Etymology

Perhaps cognate to Mokilese lihs

Noun

liht

  1. jellyfish
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