svalr
Old Norse
adj
Definitions
- cool, cold
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *swalaz (cold, cool) derived from Proto-Indo-European *swel- (burn, shine, warm, swallow, smoulder, drink, smolder, swell, warm up, gulp).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*swel-
Gloss
burn, shine, warm, swallow, smoulder, drink, smolder, swell, warm up, gulp
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
飲
Emoji
🔥
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bioswale English
- swale English
- swaly English
- silva Latin
- schwelen German
- zwoel Dutch, Flemish
- zwoelte Dutch, Flemish
- εἵλη Ancient Greek
- σέλας Ancient Greek
- *swel- Proto-Indo-European
- *swelk- Proto-Indo-European
- *swelō Proto-Indo-European
- sval Norwegian Bokmål
- *sulī Proto-Germanic
- *swalaz Proto-Germanic
- *swalī Proto-Germanic
- *swelaną Proto-Germanic
- *sweltaną Proto-Germanic
- *swiljaną Proto-Germanic
- sval Swedish
- svalna Swedish
- sval Norwegian Nynorsk
- swale Middle English
- sval Danish
- svalur Icelandic
- хӯрдан Persian
- swûl Middle Low German
- *swar- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- svalku Westrobothnian
- swelen Low German