chalt

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Old High German kalt, from Proto-Germanic *kaldaz, from *kalaną (“to be cold, freeze”), from Proto-Indo-European *gel-. Compare German kalt, German Low German kold, Dutch koud, West Frisian kâld, English cold, Icelandic kaldur, Swedish kall, Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐌻𐌳𐍃 (kalds). From the same Proto-Indo-European root as Sanskrit शरद (śarada, “autumn”), Persian (sard, “cold”), Latin gelū (“frost”).

Adjective

chalt

(Formazza, Uri) cold

References

Abegg, Emil (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & co., page 36.
Umberto Patuzzi, ed. (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien.

Old French

Alternative forms

chaut

Etymology

From Latin caldus.

Adjective

chalt m (oblique and nominative feminine singular chalde)

hot

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