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Westrobothnian
noun
Definitions
- colour
- complexion
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse litr (colour, countenance, dye, complexion, face) inherited from Proto-Germanic *wlitiz derived from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (turn, wind, see, roll, twist, round, turn around, press together, death in battle, killed in battle, wool, grass, bend, best, good, revolve, hair, ear, forest).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*wel-
Gloss
turn, wind, see, roll, twist, round, turn around, press together, death in battle, killed in battle, wool, grass, bend, best, good, revolve, hair, ear, forest
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
森
Emoji
🙃
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- involvere Latin
- lorum Latin
- vallis Latin
- vallum Latin
- volūtus Latin
- vultus Latin
- εἰλεός Ancient Greek
- εὔληρα Ancient Greek
- οὐλαμός Ancient Greek
- *wel- Proto-Indo-European
- *welh₁-, *wel- Proto-Indo-European
- let Norwegian Bokmål
- *walt- Proto-Germanic
- *waltaz Proto-Germanic
- *waltijaną Proto-Germanic
- *waluz Proto-Germanic
- *walô Proto-Germanic
- *welk- Proto-Germanic
- *welukaz Proto-Germanic
- *wilþijaz Proto-Germanic
- *wlaitōną Proto-Germanic
- *wlitiz Proto-Germanic
- *wulþuz Proto-Germanic
- let Norwegian Nynorsk
- wlite Old English
- litmosi Old Norse
- litr Old Norse
- litur Icelandic
- գեղ Old Armenian
- fil Old Irish
- fál Old Irish
- litur Faroese
- 𐍅𐌻𐌹𐍄𐍃 Gothic
- *wali- Proto-Celtic
- *wel-n- Proto-Celtic
- *weleti Proto-Celtic
- *wal- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *walhlaup Frankish
- *wárṇas Proto-Indo-Aryan
- *ambi-wēla Proto-Albanian
- *wala Proto-Albanian
- *walwā Proto-Albanian