chalt
Alemannic German
Alternative forms
- choalt, cholt, chélte
Etymology
From Middle High German and Old High German kalt, from Proto-West Germanic *kald.
Cognates
Cognate with German kalt, Dutch koud, English cold, Icelandic kaldur, Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐌻𐌳𐍃 (kalds).
Adjective
chalt
- (Formazza, Uri) cold
References
- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 36.
- Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Old French
Adjective
chalt m (oblique and nominative feminine singular chalde)
- Alternative form of chaut