gäll

Swedish

adj

Definitions

shrill; high-pitched

Etymology

Derived from Old Swedish gælla derived from Old Norse gjalla derived from Proto-Germanic *gellaną (yell, shout).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*gellaną

Gloss

yell, shout

Concept

Semantic Field

Speech and language

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Emoji

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Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

*gʰel- Proto-Indo-European
*gellaną Proto-Germanic
bäver Swedish
bävergäll Swedish
giellan Old English
ġiellan Old English
gella Old Norse
gjalla Old Norse
gjalla Icelandic
gellan Old High German
*gellan Old Dutch
gælla Old Swedish