kaldr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kaldaz, whence also Old English cald, Old Frisian kald, Old Saxon kald, Old High German kalt, Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐌻𐌳𐍃 (kalds). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gel-.

Adjective

kaldr

cold

Descendants

Icelandic: kaldur
Faroese: kaldur
Norwegian: kald
Old Swedish: kalder, kaller
- Swedish: kall
Old Danish: kald
- Danish: kold
Westrobothnian: kall
Elfdalian: kold
Gutnish: kaldar

References

kaldr in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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