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English soft
Old English sōfte (inherited)
Old English sēfte (mention)
German sanft (cognate)
English seem (link)
English same (link)
Middle English softe (inherited)
West Frisian sêft (cognate)
Proto-Germanic *sōmiz (mention)
Proto-West Germanic *samftī (inherited)
Proto-Indo-European *sem- (root)
Proto-Indo-European *semptio- (derived)
Proto-Indo-European *semtio- (mention)
Proto-Indo-European *sem- (mention)
German Low German sacht (cognate)
Dutch zacht (cognate)
Old Norse sœmr (cognate)
Old Norse samr (mention)

English software (affix)
English light (link)
English loud (link)
English softball (compound)
English soften (suffix)
English soft copy (compound)
English softness (suffix)
English softly (suffix)
English softwood (compound)
English softy (suffix)
English softie (suffix)
English soft sawder (mention)
English softhearted (compound)
English softbound (compound)
English softroader (blend)
English softheaded (compound)
English softnose (compound)
English ultrasoft (prefix)
English softwater (compound)
English semisoft (prefix)
English airsoft (compound)
English softcover (compound)
English softcovered (compound)
English oversoft (prefix)
English softshell (compound)
English softpaste (compound)
English softish (suffix)
English supersoft (prefix)
English hypersoft (prefix)
English softbill (compound)
English soft tennis (compound)
English softbox (compound)
English softback (compound)
English softgoods (compound)
English unsoft (prefix)
English softling (suffix)
English softcode (compound)
English softship (suffix)
English soft-minded (compound)
English softbottom (compound)
Afrikaans botter (link)
German sanft (cognate)
German sacht (cognate)
French soft (borrowed)
Old French dous (link)
Old French dous (link)
Irish sámh (cognate)
Italian soft (borrowed)
Japanese ソフト (borrowed)
Norwegian Bokmål bløt (link)
Vietnamese mềm (semantic loan)
Vietnamese nhu đạo (link)
Vietnamese nhu thuật (link)