gälla

Swedish

verb-reg
Definitions
  • to be valid; to be correct or proper
  • to concern; to regard; to be about (something)
  • to geld; to castrate

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish giælda inherited from Old Norse gjalda inherited from Proto-Germanic *geldaną (pay, compensate, yield, have give value, have value) derived from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeldʰ- (pay, repay, pay for).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*gʰeldʰ-

Gloss

pay, repay, pay for

Concept
Semantic Field

Possession

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

払

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