valda
Icelandic
/ˈvalta/
verb-weak
Definitions
- to cause
- to protect a chess piece — in which case it is conjugated like kalla
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
- wald English
- walten German
- *waldʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- forvolde Norwegian Bokmål
- volde Norwegian Bokmål
- *waldaną Proto-Germanic
- wealdan Old English
- wieldan Old English
- walden Middle English
- valda Old Norse
- volde Danish
- einvalda Icelandic
- waltan Old High German
- 𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌳𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- waldan Old Dutch
- waldan Old Saxon
- valda Old Swedish