litr
Old Norse
noun
Definitions
- colour
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *wlitiz derived from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (turn, wind, see, roll, twist, round, turn around, press together, death in battle, killed in battle, wool, grass, bend, best, good, revolve, hair, ear, forest).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*wel-
Gloss
turn, wind, see, roll, twist, round, turn around, press together, death in battle, killed in battle, wool, grass, bend, best, good, revolve, hair, ear, forest
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
森
Emoji
🙃
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- involvere Latin
- lorum Latin
- vallis Latin
- vallum Latin
- volūtus Latin
- vultus Latin
- εἰλεός Ancient Greek
- εὔληρα Ancient Greek
- οὐλαμός Ancient Greek
- *wel- Proto-Indo-European
- *welh₁-, *wel- Proto-Indo-European
- hamlet Norwegian Bokmål
- let Norwegian Bokmål
- *walt- Proto-Germanic
- *waltaz Proto-Germanic
- *waltijaną Proto-Germanic
- *waluz Proto-Germanic
- *walô Proto-Germanic
- *welk- Proto-Germanic
- *welukaz Proto-Germanic
- *wilþijaz Proto-Germanic
- *wlaitōną Proto-Germanic
- *wlitiz Proto-Germanic
- *wulþuz Proto-Germanic
- hamlet Norwegian Nynorsk
- let Norwegian Nynorsk
- wlite Old English
- wlitebeorht Old English
- wliteleas Old English
- litmosi Old Norse
- litarefni Icelandic
- litaröð Icelandic
- litríkur Icelandic
- litur Icelandic
- trélitur Icelandic
- vatnslitur Icelandic
- þrílitur Icelandic
- գեղ Old Armenian
- fil Old Irish
- fál Old Irish
- litur Faroese
- 𐍅𐌻𐌹𐍄𐍃 Gothic
- *wali- Proto-Celtic
- *wel-n- Proto-Celtic
- *weleti Proto-Celtic
- *wal- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- let Westrobothnian
- *walhlaup Frankish
- *wárṇas Proto-Indo-Aryan
- *ambi-wēla Proto-Albanian
- *wala Proto-Albanian
- *walwā Proto-Albanian