välja
Swedish
/vɛlːja/
verb-irr
Definitions
- to choose
- to elect
Etymology
Inherited from Old Swedish vælia inherited from Old Norse velja (choose) inherited from Proto-Germanic *waljaną (choose, select).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*waljaną
Gloss
choose, select
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *wel Proto-Indo-European
- *welh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- velge Norwegian Bokmål
- *waljaną Proto-Germanic
- velja Norwegian Nynorsk
- velja Old Norse
- vælge Danish
- velja Icelandic
- wellen Old High German
- velja Faroese
- 𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *walljan gmw-pro
- valima Estonian
- *valit'ak Proto-Finnic
- vælia Old Swedish
- väli Westrobothnian