vella
Norwegian Nynorsk
/²ʋɛlːɑ/
verb
Definitions
- to well, gush, flow (issue forth, as water from the earth)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse vella (boil, wall over, well, well up).
Origin
Old Norse
vella
Gloss
boil, wall over, well, well up
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
井
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Holywell English
- Hopewell English
- baitwell English
- bewell English
- borewell English
- downwell English
- farewell English
- footwell English
- full well English
- handwell English
- inkwell English
- interwell English
- lightwell English
- microwell English
- miniwell English
- multiwell English
- nanowell English
- outwell English
- overwell English
- speedwell English
- stairwell English
- stepwell English
- thermowell English
- transwell English
- unwell English
- upwell English
- welfare English
- well English
- well-behaved English
- well-beloved English
- well-beseen English
- well-boat English
- well-built English
- well-deserved English
- well-established English
- well-lit English
- well-paid English
- well-set English
- well-thewed English
- well-thought-out English
- well-willing English
- wellbore English
- wellborn English
- welldigger English
- welldoer English
- welldoing English
- weller English
- welleth English
- wellfield English
- wellful English
- wellhead English
- wellhole English
- wellhouse English
- wellish English
- wellness English
- wellside English
- wellsite English
- wellspring English
- wellwater English
- welsome English
- *wallaną Proto-Germanic
- *wallijǭ Proto-Germanic
- olle Norwegian Nynorsk
- wel Middle English
- bhuel Irish
- vella Old Norse
- ǫldr Old Norse
- vella Icelandic
- wel Welsh
- vælla Old Swedish