förtälja
Swedish
verb-irr
Definitions
- (dated) tell, narrate
Etymology
Derived from Old Swedish fortælia derived from Middle Low German vortellen (tell) prefix from Swedish tälja.
Origin
Swedish
tälja
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- doorvertellen Dutch, Flemish
- tellen Dutch, Flemish
- vertellen Dutch, Flemish
- verteller Dutch, Flemish
- vertelling Dutch, Flemish
- vertelster Dutch, Flemish
- fortelle Norwegian Bokmål
- fortelling Norwegian Bokmål
- gjenfortelle Norwegian Bokmål
- tälja Swedish
- täljare Swedish
- fortelja Norwegian Nynorsk
- fortælle Danish
- fortæller Danish
- tælle Danish
- vertellen Middle Dutch
- vertel Afrikaans
- fortelja Faroese
- tellen Middle Low German
- vortellen Middle Low German
- vörtellen Middle Low German
- fortælia Old Swedish
- tælghia Old Swedish