kilde

Danish

/kilə/

noun
Definitions
  • spring, fountain, source a place where water emerges from the ground
  • (metaphorically) source, fountain, fount a person or a thing from which something comes

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse kelda (a well, a spring, source) inherited from Proto-Germanic *kaldijǭ.

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*kaldijǭ

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