old-

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Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German olt, old, from Proto-Germanic *aldaz. Cognate with English old, Dutch oud, and German alt. The adjective exists in the Scandinavian languages only in the comparative and superlative, cf. ældre, ældst.

Pronunciation

Prefix

old-

  1. ancient
    oldtid, oldsag
  2. an old form of a language
    oldengelsk, oldnordisk

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Possibly from Middle Low German olt

Prefix

old-

  1. ancient

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Possibly from Middle Low German olt

Prefix

old-

  1. ancient

References