Proto-West Germanic *samftī

→ English soft (inherited)

→ Old English sefte (inherited)

→ Old English softe (inherited)

→ Danish sagte (derived)

→ German sanft (inherited)

→ German sacht (derived)

→ Middle Dutch sachte (inherited)

→ Middle English softe (inherited)

→ Old High German semfti (inherited)

→ Alemannic German sanft (inherited)

→ Dutch zacht (inherited)

→ Old Dutch safti (inherited)

→ Old Frisian sefte (inherited)

→ West Flemish zochte (inherited)

→ Yola zaft (inherited)