vold
Danish
/vɔlˀ/
noun
Definitions
- violence
- force
- assault and battery
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse vald inherited from Proto-Germanic *waldą (power, might, authority, ruler, main).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*waldą
Gloss
power, might, authority, ruler, main
Concept
Semantic Field
Social and political relations
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
力
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Befehlsgewalt German
- Entscheidungsgewalt German
- Gewalt German
- Gewaltmonopol German
- Gewalttäter German
- Hoheitsgewalt German
- Naturgewalt German
- Schlüsselgewalt German
- Sprachgewalt German
- Staatsgewalt German
- Verfügungsgewalt German
- gewaltig German
- gewaltlos German
- gewaltsam German
- *h₂welh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *wal- Proto-Indo-European
- vold Norwegian Bokmål
- *waldą Proto-Germanic
- *walþuz Proto-Germanic
- våld Swedish
- våldsam Swedish
- våldsbejakande Swedish
- våldtäkt Swedish
- övervåld Swedish
- gwałt Polish
- vald Norwegian Nynorsk
- allvaldskonungr Old Norse
- vald Old Norse
- -tægt Danish
- grav Danish
- kvinde Danish
- mand Danish
- voldelig Danish
- voldgrav Danish
- voldskvinde Danish
- voldsmand Danish
- voldsom Danish
- voldtægt Danish
- voldtægtskvinde Danish
- voldtægtsmand Danish
- vald Icelandic
- giwalt Old High German
- walt Old High German
- vald Faroese
- gewalt Middle High German
- *valta Proto-Finnic
- vald Old Swedish
- *Waltheri Frankish
- *wald Frankish
- wald Old Danish