behålla
Swedish
verb-irr
Definitions
- to keep; to maintain possession of
Etymology
Inherited from Old Swedish behalda derived from Middle Low German beholden derived from Old Saxon bihaldan.
Origin
Old Saxon
bihaldan
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- behold English
- beholder English
- beholdest English
- beholdeth English
- hold English
- beholde Norwegian Bokmål
- behållare Swedish
- förbehålla Swedish
- behalda Norwegian Nynorsk
- beholden Middle English
- beholde Danish
- *bihaldan gmw-pro
- beholden Middle Low German
- bihaldan Old Saxon
- haldan Old Saxon
- behalda Old Swedish