strong or violent force · violence · physical control or power
çekim: çoğul Gewalten · tamlayan Gewalten
köken: From Middle High German gewalt, from Old High German giwalt, from Proto-West Germanic *gawald, from Proto-Germanic *gawaldą, from *ga- + *waldą (“power, authority”). Cognate with Yiddish געוואַלד (gevald), Dutch geweld, English wald.
köken: Etymology tree Arabic اِسْتَبَدَّ (istabadda) Arabic اِسْتِبْدَاد (istibdād)bor. Classical Persian اِسْتِبْدَاد (istibdād)bor. Uzbek istibdod Borrowed from Classical Persian اِسْتِبْدَاد (istibdād), from Arabic اِسْتِبْدَاد (istibdād).
köken: From Middle Dutch gewelt, influenced by umlauted geweldich (modern geweldig), from Old Dutch giwalt, ultimately pertaining to Proto-West Germanic *ga- and *waldōn (“to govern, rule”). Cognate with English wald, German Gewalt.
köken: From Middle Ukrainian кгвалтъ (gvalt), гвалтъ (hvalt), ґвалтъ (gvalt), through Old Polish gwałt (Polish gwałt), from Middle High German gewalt (“strength, power”).
köken: First attested in 1519. erő (“strength, force, power”) + szak (“part, piece”, the same as the stem of the verb szakad), originally “(with) part of its strength/force, (with) some of its strength/force, (by) force”.