gamall
Old Norse
adj
Definitions
- old
- old, aged; of a certain age
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *gamalaz (old, weak), *alþizô derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eltós, *h₂el- (grow, other, nourish, wander, beyond, all, roam, be wet, rise, live on, feed).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂el-
Gloss
grow, other, nourish, wander, beyond, all, roam, be wet, rise, live on, feed
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- forold English
- nonold English
- old English
- old age English
- old man's pepper English
- old timer English
- old-farrant English
- old-fashioned English
- old-line English
- oldass English
- oldbie English
- olden English
- oldfag English
- oldfangled English
- oldhead English
- oldhood English
- oldie English
- oldify English
- oldish English
- oldling English
- oldly English
- oldness English
- olds English
- oldsquaw English
- oldster English
- oldy English
- one-year-old English
- over-old English
- superold English
- Alpes Latin
- almus Latin
- altor Latin
- altus Latin
- alveolus Latin
- ambulo Latin
- arundo Latin
- elementum Latin
- exaltō Latin
- illa Latin
- illī Latin
- illōrum Latin
- proles Latin
- uls Latin
- ulva Latin
- Gammelfleisch German
- gammeln German
- alveolo-palatale Italian
- palatoalveolare Italian
- ultraterreno Italian
- ultraterreno Spanish, Castilian
- ἄλσος Ancient Greek
- *al- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂el-no- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂el-o-mno- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂eltós Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂ewlos Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂olyos Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂életi Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂élteros Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂éwh₂os Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃ol-yo- Proto-Indo-European
- *ol-to Proto-Indo-European
- *sel- Proto-Indo-European
- eldgammel Norwegian Bokmål
- gamleby Norwegian Bokmål
- gamleheim Norwegian Bokmål
- gamlehjem Norwegian Bokmål
- gammal Norwegian Bokmål
- gammel Norwegian Bokmål
- gammeldags Norwegian Bokmål
- gammelengelsk Norwegian Bokmål
- gammelfransk Norwegian Bokmål
- gammelgresk Norwegian Bokmål
- gammelnorsk Norwegian Bokmål
- gammelsaksisk Norwegian Bokmål
- urgammel Norwegian Bokmål
- århundregammel Norwegian Bokmål
- ultraterreno Portuguese
- *alaną Proto-Germanic
- *aldaz Proto-Germanic
- *aldiz Proto-Germanic
- *aldrą Proto-Germanic
- *aldīz Proto-Germanic
- *aljanōną Proto-Germanic
- *allaz Proto-Germanic
- *alþizô Proto-Germanic
- *alþį̄ Proto-Germanic
- *gamalaz Proto-Germanic
- *weraldiz Proto-Germanic
- gammal Swedish
- al Norwegian Nynorsk
- eldast Norwegian Nynorsk
- gamal Norwegian Nynorsk
- gamleby Norwegian Nynorsk
- gamlefaster Norwegian Nynorsk
- gamleheim Norwegian Nynorsk
- gammal Norwegian Nynorsk
- ald Old English
- eldra Old English
- gamol Old English
- ieldra Old English
- old Middle English
- banaltracht Irish
- elda Old Norse
- ellri Old Norse
- ellztr Old Norse
- úalinn Old Norse
- gammel Danish
- gamall Icelandic
- gamlárskvöld Icelandic
- allez Old High German
- eltirōn Old High German
- աղամող Old Armenian
- աղանդ Old Armenian
- olda Ido
- ailemain, oilemain Old Irish
- altram Old Irish
- altrannas Old Irish
- gamal Faroese
- lloj Albanian
- 𐌰𐌻𐌸𐌹𐌶𐌰 Gothic
- *gamal gmw-pro
- *altrawū Proto-Celtic
- *komalti̯os Proto-Celtic
- aldiro Old Saxon
- gamal Old Swedish
- banaltra Middle Irish
- alder Old Frisian
- *(a)lei- Proto-Albanian
- òlbe Mòcheno
- òlderhaileng Mòcheno
- alokälymi Tocharian B
- ālme Tocharian B
- ālo Tocharian B
- āläm Tocharian B
- owru Sranan Tongo
- ollus Old Latin
- gåmål Elfdalian
- gammall Scanian