welter
English
/ˈwɛltɚ/, /ˈwɛltə/
noun
Definitions
- A general confusion or muddle.
- A tossing or rolling about.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English welteren suffix from English welt.
Origin
English
welt
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bewelter English
- voluminous English
- weight English
- welt English
- welter-weight English
- *volsorium Latin
- *volvicō, *volvico, volvicāre Latin
- *volvicō, volvicāre Latin
- *volūculum Latin
- advolvo Latin
- circumvolvo Latin
- convolvo Latin
- devolvo Latin
- evolvo Latin
- involvo Latin
- obvolvo Latin
- provolvo Latin
- revolvo Latin
- subvolvo Latin
- volumen Latin
- volvō Latin
- Steinwälzer German
- umwälzen German
- wälzen German
- evolvere Italian
- welter Italian
- *welH- Proto-Indo-European
- velte Norwegian Bokmål
- *waltaną Proto-Germanic
- *waltijaną Proto-Germanic
- *weltaną Proto-Germanic
- Volvo Swedish
- velta Norwegian Nynorsk
- welten Middle English
- welteren Middle English
- velta Old Norse
- velting Old Norse
- vælte Danish
- væltepeter Danish
- volvi Esperanto
- velta Icelandic
- volbură Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- welzen Middle High German
- *𐍅𐌰𐌻𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌰𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌻𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌰𐍆𐍅𐌰𐌻𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐍅𐌰𐌻𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍅𐌰𐌻𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- vãrvurã Aromanian
- stravuelzi Friulian