Where does “cold” come from?
cold (Middle English) comes from Old English cald, from Proto-Germanic *kald, from Proto-Germanic kaldaz, from Proto-Germanic kalaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵel- — to swallow; swallow.
cold (Middle English): cold, cool; having a tendency to be cold;...
Definitions
- cold, cool; having a tendency to be cold;...
Ancestry of “cold”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old English | cald | Alternative form of ċeald |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | *kald | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | kaldaz | cold |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | kalaną | to be cold, to freeze |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵel- | to swallow; swallow |
Words derived from “cold”