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miht

Pronunciation: /mixt/

“miht” is an Old English word. Its 5 meanings in English:

noun

  1. power, ability
  2. strength, power
  3. virtue

adjective

  1. mighty, powerful
  2. possible

Etymology

From earlier mieht, i-umlaut of meaht, from earlier maht due to breaking before [-ht], from Proto-West Germanic *mahti, from Proto-Germanic *mahtiz, *mahtuz (“might, power”), from Proto-Indo-European *mógʰtis, *megʰ- (“to allow, be able, help”). Cognates include Old Frisian macht, mecht (West Frisian macht), Middle Dutch macht (Dutch macht), Old High German maht (German Macht), Old Norse máttr…

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