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Where does “kalt” come from?

kalt (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic kald, from Proto-Germanic kaldaz, from Proto-Germanic kalaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵel- — to swallow; swallow.

Ancestry of “kalt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanickaldcold
2Proto-Germanickaldazcold
3Proto-Germanickalanąto be cold, to freeze
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵel-to swallow; swallow

Words derived from “kalt”

  • koud
  • kout
  • ijskoud
  • cout
  • koud
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