Where does “haldan” come from?

haldan (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-West Germanic haldan, from Proto-Germanic haldaną, from Proto-Indo-European kel- — to hit; beat; to pierce, to stab; goblet.

haldan (Old Saxon): to hold

Definitions

  1. to hold

Ancestry of “haldan”, step by step

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

Words derived from “haldan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kel- →Every word from Proto-Germanic haldaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic haldan →