a village in the province of Como, Lombardy, Italy
çekim: çoğul brenne
eş: brocco, ronzino
köken: Possibly of Celtic origin, as Celts were known to inhabit the area before Romans. The meaning is unclear, but compare Proto-Celtic *branos (“crow”), which is also the source of the Latin name Brennus.
çekim: geçmiş гры́зший · ortaç гры́зший · şimdiki грызёт · ulaç грызу́щий
köken: Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gryzti. Cognate with Bulgarian гриза́ (grizá), Serbo-Croatian гри̏сти/grȉsti, Slovene gristi, Slovak hrýzť. Non-Slavic cognates include Old Armenian կրծեմ (krcem) and probably Gothic 𐌺𐍂𐌹𐌿𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽 (kriustan, “grate, grind”).
köken: From Middle Persian 𐫐𐫇𐫓 (kwl /kōl/, “pit, sink”). Related to کولیدن (kulidan, “to dig, furrow”). The sense 'lake' probably from a Turkic source, compare Uzbek koʻl (“lake”), Kazakh көл (köl, “lake”), Bashkir күл (kül, “lake”), from Proto-Turkic *kȫl (“lake”).
köken: Uncertain; often cited as borrowed from Gaulish *kaballos, from Proto-Celtic *kaballos, perhaps ultimately an Asiatic borrowing or Wanderwort, compare Ancient Greek καβάλλης (kabállēs, “nag”), Proto-Slavic *kobýla (“mare”), Persian کول (kaval, “second class horse of mixed blood”), and possibly Karakhanid kevel (at) (“well-bred fast (horse)”). Alternatively, borrowed alongside Greek from…
crock, jade, nag (old, scraggy equine) · slender and clumsy woman
çekim: çoğul кра́нти
köken: Probably from an earlier *kornata, borrowed from Vulgar Latin carnātus (“meaty, scraggy”), perhaps relevelled to rhyme with native краста (krasta, “scabby”), клюста (kljusta, “unwieldy”) (also used as epithets for old equines).
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Celtic *kaballosder.? Latin caballus Old French cheval Middle French cheval French chevalbor. Esperanto ĉevalo Latin -āceus Latin -aceum Italian -accioder. Esperanto -aĉ- Esperanto ĉevalaĉo From ĉevalo (“horse”) + -aĉ- (pejorative suffix).
According to Nationalencyklopedins ordbok, the noun definition is attested since 1635, originally meaning "something". The verb comes from the Old Swedish ælta (“to drive, to hunt; to stir, to knead”), from Old Norse elta (“to drive, hunt, knead”), from Proto-Germanic *alatjaną (“to drive, move”), related to Ancient Greek ἐλαύνω (elaúnō, “to drive”).