- kilthei
- [akin to Eng child] : womb. Comp. inkiltho pregnant
Gothic dictionary with etymologies.
kilthei
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child — noun (plural children) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English cild; akin to Gothic kilthei womb, and perhaps to Sanskrit jaṭhara belly Date: before 12th century 1. a. an unborn or recently born perso … New Collegiate Dictionary
child — [OE] For a word of so central importance, child is surprisingly isolated, having no known living relatives in other Germanic languages. Its prehistoric Germanic ancestor has been reconstructed as *kiltham, which some have linked with Gothic… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
child — [OE] For a word of so central importance, child is surprisingly isolated, having no known living relatives in other Germanic languages. Its prehistoric Germanic ancestor has been reconstructed as *kiltham, which some have linked with Gothic… … Word origins
child — [chīld] n. pl. children [ME, pl. childre (now dial. childer; children is double pl.) < OE cild, pl. cild, cildru < IE * gelt , a swelling up < base * gel , rounded (sense development: swelling womb fetus offspring > Goth kilthei, womb … English World dictionary
