bèlt

See also: belt, Belt, and bełt

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Middle High German welt, werlt, a contraction of Old High German weralt, from Proto-Germanic *weraldiz (“lifetime; mankind; world”). Cognate with German Welt, Dutch wereld, English world, Icelandic veröld.

Noun

bèlt f

1. (Sette Comuni, Luserna) world

   Z' ist an órna bèlt. ― It's an ugly world.

References

• “bèlt” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo
• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien