kilt
English
/kɪlt/
verb
Definitions
- To gather up (skirts) around the body.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English kilten (tuck up, gird) derived from Old Norse kelta derived from Proto-Germanic *kelt- 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
- antichild English
- bekilted English
- belchild English
- birthchild English
- boychild English
- brainchild English
- child English
- child-free English
- child-great English
- child-in-law English
- childbearer English
- childbearing English
- childbed English
- childcare English
- childcarer English
- childcaring English
- childed English
- childfucker English
- childhood English
- childie English
- childing English
- childish English
- childism English
- childkind English
- childless English
- childlike English
- childline English
- childling English
- childlore English
- childly English
- childmind English
- childminder English
- childness English
- childproof English
- childraiser English
- childraising English
- childrearer English
- childrearing English
- children English
- childsafe English
- childship English
- childspeak English
- childtime English
- childwear English
- dreamchild English
- girlchild English
- grandchild English
- kilted English
- kiltless English
- kiltlike English
- kiltmaker English
- kiltmaking English
- kiltwise English
- maker English
- making English
- man child English
- manchild English
- merchild English
- minikilt English
- moonchild English
- nonchild English
- saleschild English
- schoolchild English
- semichild English
- stepchild English
- superchild English
- twichild English
- unchild English
- unkilt English
- unkilted English
- womanchild English
- womb-child English
- wombchild English
- wonderchild English
- Kilt German
- kiltbekleidet German
- килт Russian
- *gelt- Proto-Indo-European
- *kelt- Proto-Germanic
- *kelþaz Proto-Germanic
- *kultaz Proto-Germanic
- child Middle English
- kilten Middle English
- kelta Old Norse
- kilt Cebuano
- maker
- child
- kilted
- making
- unkilt
- unchild
- childed
- childly
- childie
- kiltlike
- boychild
- merchild
- childish
- childing
- nonchild
- childbed
- twichild
- kiltless
- minikilt
- childism
- belchild
- children
- bekilted
- kiltwise
- unkilted
- manchild
- childwear
- antichild
- kiltmaker
- childkind
- childmind
- childsafe
- moonchild
- man child
- girlchild
- stepchild
- childline
- semichild
- childlore
- childtime
- wombchild
- childhood
- childcare
- childling
- childness
- childlike
- childless
- childship
- brainchild
- womb-child
- womanchild
- childproof
- superchild
- kiltmaking
- dreamchild
- saleschild
- childspeak
- child-free
- grandchild
- childcarer
- birthchild
- childrearer
- childcaring
- childbearer
- childraiser
- schoolchild
- childfucker
- child-great
- wonderchild
- childminder
- childbearing
- childrearing
- child-in-law
- childraising