mighty

The story

1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*mahtīgaz“mighty”
2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*mahtīg“mighty”
3. Old English · inherited frommihtiġ
4. Middle English · inherited frommighty
5. English todaymighty

From Middle English mighty, mightie, mighti, myghty, miȝty, maȝty, from Old English mihtiġ, mehtiġ, meahtiġ, mæhtiġ (“mighty”), from Proto-West Germanic *mahtīg (“mighty”), from Proto-Germanic *mahtīgaz (“mighty”), equivalent to might + -y. Cognate with Scots michty, mychty, Saterland Frisian machtich, Dutch machtig, German Low German machtig, German mächtig, Swedish mäktig.

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