overvælde
Danish
/ɔvərvɛlˀə/
verb
Definitions
- overwhelm
- overcome (to overwhelm with emotion)
- overvælde nogen med noget – load somebody with something; shower something on somebody
Etymology
Compound from Danish over (over, above) + Danish vælde (gush, overwhelm, whelm).
Origin
Danish
vælde
Gloss
gush, overwhelm, whelm
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- overvelde Norwegian Bokmål
- veldi Old Norse
- yfir Old Norse
- enevælde Danish
- herover Danish
- over Danish
- overarbejde Danish
- overarm Danish
- overbegreb Danish
- overbid Danish
- overbo Danish
- overflade Danish
- overflod Danish
- overlade Danish
- overlægge Danish
- overmand Danish
- overmængde Danish
- overskue Danish
- oversygeplejerske Danish
- oversætte Danish
- overtro Danish
- overveje Danish
- vælde Danish
- overwelden Middle Low German