celt
Latvian
verb
Definitions
- to lift, to raise to move something upward
- (with m) to offer, to serve (food, drinks) lit. to lift to the table, to lift forward
- (with m) to show, to reveal lit. to lift forward
- (with m) to mention, to bring up (something previously known)
- to take (something) across (a body of water), from one shore to the other
- (of skills, knowledge) to build up, to raise, to improve, to develop
- (of people) to improve someone's reputation, standing, to dignify
- (colloquial) to raise, to employ, to put to work (in a position of responsibility)
- to make (someone) rise, to awaken, to wake up (also figuratively)
- to build, to construct (a house, a building, etc.)
- (figuratively) to build, to make
- (colloquial) to raise, to make, to create, to generate
- (of claims, complaints, objections, protest) to raise, to allege
Etymology
Inherited from *kelti inherited from Proto-Indo-European *kelH- (rise, lift, be elevated, be prominent, jab, raise, thrust, prick).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*kelH-
Gloss
rise, lift, be elevated, be prominent, jab, raise, thrust, prick
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
- antecello Latin
- columna Latin
- culmen Latin
- excello Latin
- excellō Latin
- praecello Latin
- eccellere Italian
- exceller French
- чело Russian
- *kelH- Proto-Indo-European
- *kelh₃os Proto-Indo-European
- *kl̥H-ní-s Proto-Indo-European
- *kl̥Hnís Proto-Indo-European
- *hulliz Proto-Germanic
- czoło Polish
- *čelo Proto-Slavic
- čelo Czech
- čelo Serbo-Croatian
- чело Serbo-Croatian
- excel·lir Catalan, Valencian
- Kalniņš Latvian
- Melnkalne Latvian
- celtne Latvian
- celšana Latvian
- kalnains Latvian
- kalns Latvian
- kalnup Latvian
- uzkalns Latvian
- чело Bulgarian
- чело Macedonian
- чоло Ukrainian
- čelo Slovak
- excellir Occitan
- чало Belarusian
- *kolamen Proto-Italic
- čelo Slovene
- чело Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- coło Lower Sorbian
- *kalei- Proto-Albanian
- *kel- Proto-Balto-Slavic
- čoło Upper Sorbian
- *kelti bat-pro