gelta

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *galtjan (to bay, bark), from *gelt, dental extension of Proto-Indo-European *gʰel- (to shout). See also Proto-Germanic *galaną (to yell, shout).

Pronunciation

Verb

gelta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative gelti, supine gelt)

  1. to bark

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References

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 428, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 428