chalt

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• choalt, cholt, chélte

Etymology

From Middle High German and Old High German kalt, from Proto-West Germanic *kald.

Cognates

Cognate with German kalt, Dutch koud, English cold, Icelandic kaldur, Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐌻𐌳𐍃 (kalds).

Adjective

chalt

1. (Formazza, Uri) cold

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 36.
• 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

Old French

Adjective

chalt m (oblique and nominative feminine singular chalde)

1. Alternative form of chaut