eld
Swedish
/ˈɛld/
noun
Definitions
- (uncountable) fire, a continued chemical exothermic reaction where a gaseous material reacts, and which creates enough heat to evaporate more combustible material
- something set up as to burn, such as a campfire or a bonfire
- (uncountable) fire; one of the classical, or basic, elements
- (uncountable) fire; the in-flight projectiles from a gun or similar
Etymology
Inherited from Old Swedish elder inherited from Old Norse eldr (fire) inherited from Proto-Germanic *ailidaz (fire).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*ailidaz
Gloss
fire
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
火
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- anneal English
- annealable English
- annealer English
- annealment English
- misanneal English
- reanneal English
- ild Norwegian Bokmål
- *ailidaz Proto-Germanic
- Eldslandet Swedish
- dyrkan Swedish
- elddyrkan Swedish
- eldslukare Swedish
- eldstad Swedish
- land Swedish
- skära Swedish
- skärseld Swedish
- slukare Swedish
- stad Swedish
- eld Norwegian Nynorsk
- æled Old English
- ǣled Old English
- anelen Middle English
- eldr Old Norse
- hreinsanareldr Old Norse
- ild Danish
- ildfast Danish
- ildflue Danish
- ildhu Danish
- ildkugle Danish
- ildsjæl Danish
- ildslukker Danish
- ildsvåde Danish
- krydsild Danish
- skærsild Danish
- eldur Icelandic
- eldur Faroese
- eld Old Saxon
- elder Old Swedish
- el Westrobothnian
- eld Old Danish
- iilj North Frisian