vælte
Danish
/vɛltə/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) to overturn, roll
- (reflexive) to roll, wallow with the preposition l
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse velta (roll, set rolling) inherited from Proto-Germanic *weltaną inherited from Old Norse velta (roll, set rolling) inherited from Proto-Germanic *waltijaną (roll, roll about).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*waltijaną
Gloss
roll, roll about
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bewelter English
- rewalt English
- walt English
- welt English
- welter English
- welter-weight English
- Steinwälzer German
- auswalzen German
- umwälzen German
- walzen German
- wälzen German
- welter Italian
- *wel- Proto-Indo-European
- velte Norwegian Bokmål
- *waltaną Proto-Germanic
- *waltijaną Proto-Germanic
- *weltaną Proto-Germanic
- velta Norwegian Nynorsk
- weltan Old English
- wieltan Old English
- wæltan Old English
- walten Middle English
- welten Middle English
- welteren Middle English
- velta Old Norse
- velting Old Norse
- Peter Danish
- væltepeter Danish
- velta Icelandic
- welzen Middle High German
- 𐍅𐌰𐌻𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic