Schwelle
German (Berlin)
/ˈʃvɛlə/
noun
Definitions
- threshold
- railroad tie, railway sleeper
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German swelle inherited from Old High German swelli, swella inherited from Proto-Germanic *swalī derived from Proto-Indo-European *swel- (burn, shine, warm, swallow, smoulder, drink, smolder, swell, warm up, gulp).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*swel-
Gloss
burn, shine, warm, swallow, smoulder, drink, smolder, swell, warm up, gulp
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
飲
Emoji
🔥
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- subliminal English
- silva Latin
- -n- German
- Geruchsschwellenwert German
- Hemmschwelle German
- Pflug German
- Reißer German
- Schwellenpflug German
- Schwellenreißer German
- Schwellenwert German
- Wert German
- hemmen German
- unter German
- unterschwellig German
- εἵλη Ancient Greek
- *swel- Proto-Indo-European
- *swelk- Proto-Indo-European
- *sulī Proto-Germanic
- *swalaz Proto-Germanic
- *swalī Proto-Germanic
- *swelaną Proto-Germanic
- *sweltaną Proto-Germanic
- *swiljaną Proto-Germanic
- хӯрдан Persian
- swelli, swella Old High German
- swelle Middle High German
- *swar- Proto-Indo-Iranian