ealgian
Old English
verb
Definitions
- to protect; defend
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *algōną (defend) derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂lek- (defend, protect, ward off, close).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂lek-
Gloss
defend, protect, ward off, close
Concept
Semantic Field
Warfare and hunting
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Gurkha English
- alexipyretic English
- ulciscor Latin
- alexipyrétique French
- Александр Russian
- Σιτάλκης Ancient Greek
- ἀλέξω Ancient Greek
- ἀλκή Ancient Greek
- ἄναλκις Ancient Greek
- Ἀλέξανδρος Ancient Greek
- Ἀλκίνοος Ancient Greek
- Ἀλκίφρων Ancient Greek
- Ἀλκαμένης Ancient Greek
- Ἀλκαῖος Ancient Greek
- Ἀλκμήνη Ancient Greek
- Ἄλκηστις Ancient Greek
- *h₂lek- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂lek-s- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂lékseti Proto-Indo-European
- *algōną Proto-Germanic
- *alhs Proto-Germanic
- रक्षण Sanskrit
- रक्षति Sanskrit
- रक्षा Sanskrit
- रक्षिका Sanskrit
- रक्ष् Sanskrit
- रक्षा Hindi
- राख Hindi
- รักษา Thai
- รักษ์ Thai
- αλεξι- Greek (modern)
- reksa Indonesian
- rakkhati Pali
- રાખ Gujarati
- *Hrakš- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *Hrákšati Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *Hrakṣ- Proto-Indo-Aryan
- *Hrákṣati Proto-Indo-Aryan
- رکشا Urdu
- 𑀭𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀤𑀺 Sauraseni Prakrit
- 𑀭𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀇 Maharastri Prakrit
- ರಕ್ಷಿಸು Kannada
- *aléksō Proto-Hellenic