colt
English
/kəʊlt/, /koʊlt/
noun
Definitions
- A young male horse.
- A young crane (bird).
- (figuratively) A youthful or inexperienced person; a novice.
- (nautical) A short piece of rope once used by petty officers as an instrument of punishment.
- (biblical) A young camel or donkey.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English colt inherited from Old English colt (young camel, young donkey) derived from Proto-Germanic *kultaz (plump, thick shape, stump, bulb) derived from Proto-Indo-European *gelt- (pregnant belly, something round, child in the womb, round body, child).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*gelt-
Gloss
pregnant belly, something round, child in the womb, round body, child
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
子, 児
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- colthood English
- coltish English
- coltishly English
- coltishness English
- coltlike English
- coltsfoot English
- foot English
- uncolt English
- uncolted English
- *gelt- Proto-Indo-European
- *kelt- Proto-Germanic
- *kelþaz Proto-Germanic
- *kultaz Proto-Germanic
- colt Old English
- colt Middle English
- coltisfote Middle English
- coltyssh Middle English
- *kultr Old Norse
- koltur Faroese
- caule Yola