köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eltós Proto-Germanic *aldaz Proto-West Germanic *ald Old High German alt Middle High German alt German alt From Middle High German alt, from Old High German alt, from Proto-West Germanic *ald, from Proto-Germanic *aldaz, from Proto-Indo-European *altós, *h₂eltós, from *h₂el- (“grow, nourish”). Compare Dutch oud, Low German old, West…
aile: a. St., Alter, Alte, altern, ältlich, veralten
köken: Inherited from Old Spanish antigo, from Latin antīquus (variant form antīcus). The form antiguo in Spanish was probably the result of influence from the feminine form antigua on the older antigo. Compare Ladino antigo, Portuguese antigo, Catalan antic, Italian antico. Cf. Old French antif, which was also influenced by its feminine form antive (both replaced in modern French by a borrowed form…
aile: a la antigua, alemán antiguo, Antigua Roma, antigualla, antiguamente, Antiguo Régimen, Antiguo Testamento, casco antiguo, castellano antiguo, católico antiguo
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sth₂-ró-s Proto-Balto-Slavic *stā́ˀras Proto-Slavic *stàrъ Old Polish stary Polish stary Inherited from Old Polish stary.
aile: starej daty, stary jak świat, stary, ale jary, na stare lata, po starej znajomości, starym torem, stary koniu, stara bieda, stara gwardiastara krowa, stara maleńka
çekim: karşılaştırma antīquior · üstünlük antīquissimus
zıt: novus, recēns, vīlis
köken: Reflects Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti-h₃kʷ-o-s (literally “facing the front”), from the same roots whence ante (“in front of”) and oculus (“eye”). Compare Sanskrit अन्तिक (antiká, “near, in the vicinity; nearness, proximity”) and Proto-Nuristani *ãtika, which are however derived from *h₂enti-kó-s, with diminutive suffix. Adjective sense 5 could be a calque of Ancient Greek πρέσβυς (présbus).
köken: Inherited from Old Church Slavonic бꙑвъшь (byvŭšĭ), from Proto-Slavic *byvъ, formally the past active participle of Bulgarian бим (bim), би́да (bída, “to be”) + -вш (-vš).
би́вша учи́телка
би́вшата ми жена́
От та́зи сиени́тна разнови́дност са израбо́тени краси́вите коло́ни пред вхо́да на би́вшата Софи́йска класи́ческа гимна́зия.
old (who has lived relatively long, relatively many years) · old (typical of aged people; weak) · old (who has worked long, who has much experience)
çekim: karşılaştırma vecāks · üstünlük visvecākais
eş: sens
zıt: jauns
köken: From Proto-Balto-Slavic *wétušas, from Proto-Indo-European *wet- with an extra (adjectivizing) suffix -(e)s. The original meaning was “of (the) year,” “one year old” (opposed to one born now, recently), from which “older one.” It is also possible that the stem *wet- already had the meaning “previous, earlier,” with the meaning “year” being derived (e.g., “previous, earlier lamb” > “lamb from last…