gelta

Icelandic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *galtjan (to bay, bark), from *gelt, dental extension of Proto-Indo-European *gʰel- (to shout). See also Proto-Germanic *galaną (to yell, shout).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈcɛl̥ta/
    Rhymes: -ɛl̥ta

Verb

gelta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative gelti, supine gelt)

  1. to bark

Conjugation

Derived terms

See also

References

  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 428, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 428
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