Where does “holde” come from?

holde (Danish) comes from Old Norse halda, from Proto-Germanic haldaną, from Proto-Indo-European kel- — to hit; beat; to pierce, to stab; goblet.

holde (Danish): to hold; to keep; to last

Definitions

  1. to hold; to keep; to last

Ancestry of “holde”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsehaldato hold
2Proto-Germanichaldanąto hold, to keep
3Proto-Indo-Europeankel-to hit; beat; to pierce, to stab; goblet

Words derived from “holde”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kel- →