gewolt
Middle Low German
/ɣəˈwɔːlt/, /ɣəˈwɔlt/
noun
Definitions
- power, capacity to impose one's will
- violence
Etymology
Prefix from Middle Low German wôlt inherited from Old Saxon wāld inherited from Proto-Germanic *walþą.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*walþą
Gloss
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
- *walþuz Proto-Germanic
- *walþą Proto-Germanic
- gwałt Polish
- gewalt Middle High German
- wolt Middle Low German
- wôlt Middle Low German
- wald Old Saxon
- wāld Old Saxon
- Woold German Low German