svelta

Old Norse

verb

Definitions

(intransitive) to starve, to have hunger

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *sweltaną (die).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*sweltaną

Gloss

die

Concept

Semantic Field

Time

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Emoji

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Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

*swel- Proto-Indo-European
*sweltaną Proto-Germanic
svälta Swedish
svelte Norwegian Nynorsk
sweltan Old English
swelten Middle English
svelta Icelandic
svølta Faroese
𐍃𐍅𐌹𐌻𐍄𐌰𐌽 Gothic
*sweltan Old Dutch
sweltan Old Saxon
svælta Old Swedish
schwalth Crimean Gothic