Unnumbered source etymology · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗To fasten a belt on; to encircle with a belt. · To encircle; to surround. · To invest (a person) with a belt as part of a formal ceremony such as knighthood. · To hit with a belt.
From Middle English belt, from Old English belt (“belt, girdle”), from Proto-West Germanic *baltī̆, from Proto-Germanic *baltijaz (“girdle, belt”), from Latin balteus (“belt, sword-belt”), of Etruscan origin. Cognate with Scots belt (“belt”), Dutch belt, German Balz (“belt”), Danish bælte (“belt”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk belte (“belt”), Swedish bälte (“belt, cincture, girdle, zone”), Faroese and Icelandic belti (“belt”).
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- Inherited-form mentionbeltenm
- Inherited-form mentionbeltang
- Inherited-form mention*baltī̆gmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*baltijazgem-pro · girdle, belt
- Derivation mentionbalteusla · belt, sword-belt
- Cognate mentionbeltsco
- Cognate mentionbeltnl
- Cognate mentionBalzde
- Cognate mentionbælteda
- Cognate mentionbältesv
This page abbreviates 5 auxiliary source items. The etymology narrative is not shortened. Omission counts are available in the audit fields below; consult the original for complete auxiliary material.
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