holden
Middle English
verb
Definitions
- to hold
- to consider
Etymology
Inherited from Old English healdan (hold, retain, grasp) inherited from Proto-Germanic *haldaną (look after, hold, watch, tend, keep, herd).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*haldaną
Gloss
look after, hold, watch, tend, keep, herd
Concept
Semantic Field
Possession
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ahold English
- anchorhold English
- behold English
- breathhold English
- chokehold English
- commonhold English
- copyhold English
- fiefhold English
- fingerhold English
- foothold English
- forehold English
- forhold English
- handhold English
- hold English
- holdable English
- holdase English
- holdback English
- holder English
- holdest English
- holdeth English
- holdfast English
- holdless English
- holdoff English
- holdout English
- household English
- inhold English
- landhold English
- leasehold English
- leghold English
- lifehold English
- mini-hold English
- mishold English
- offhold English
- onhold English
- outhold English
- overhold English
- pinhold English
- resthold English
- roothold English
- shorthold English
- stokehold English
- stranglehold English
- stronghold English
- throttlehold English
- toehold English
- underhold English
- unhold English
- uphold English
- windhold English
- withhold English
- hallita Finnish
- hallussa Finnish
- haltuun Finnish
- *kel- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱel- Proto-Indo-European
- *haldaną Proto-Germanic
- anhealdan Old English
- behealdan Old English
- forhealdan Old English
- gehealdan Old English
- haldan Old English
- healdan Old English
- oferhealdan Old English
- ofhealdan Old English
- ymbhealdan Old English
- æthealdan Old English
- forholden Middle English
- halda Old Norse
- haltan Old High German
- 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐌳𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *haldan gmw-pro
- haldan Old Dutch
- unforholden Scots
- halda Old Frisian
- holim Tok Pisin
- halluuz Ingrian