valda

Old Swedish

verb

Definitions

to rule
to rid
to cause

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse valda (cause, rule, wield) inherited from Proto-Germanic *waldaną (rule, reign).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*waldaną

Gloss

rule, reign

Concept

Semantic Field

Social and political relations

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Emoji

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

walten German
*waldʰ- Proto-Indo-European
forvolde Norwegian Bokmål
volde Norwegian Bokmål
*waldaną Proto-Germanic
vålla Swedish
wealdan Old English
wieldan Old English
valda Old Norse
volde Danish
valda Icelandic
waltan Old High German
𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌳𐌰𐌽 Gothic
waldan Old Dutch
waldan Old Saxon