çekim: karşılaştırma spalgāks · üstünlük visspalgākais
eş: skaļš
zıt: kluss
köken: From a variant *spalg- of Proto-Baltic *spelg-, *spilg-, *spulg- (whence also spilgts), from Proto-Indo-European *pel-, *spel-, *spʰel- (“to shine”) with an extra g. The original meaning was, as that of its cognates spilgts and spulgs, “bright, shiny,” from which it metaphorically evolved into “very loud, sharp.” Cognates include Lithuanian spal̃gė, spal̃gena, spal̃genas (“cranberry”) (< “bright,…
Used in Swedish since 1674, same as Icelandic gjallur, like Middle Low German adverb gelle (“loud”), based on the obsolete Swedish verb gälla (“to yell”), from Old Swedish gælla (from Old Norse gjalla, from Proto-Germanic *gellaną), cognate with Icelandic gjalla, Old High German gellan (German gellen), Old English ġiellan (English yell).