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wolt

wolt

Middle Low German

Noun

wôlt or wolt m ‎(genitive wôldes)

  1. a wood, a forest

Etymology 2

From Old Saxon wāld.

Noun

wôlt or wolt

  1. Alternative form of gewôlt.

Polish

Noun

wolt m ‎(symbol V)

  1. volt

Declension

Derived terms

  • woltomierz

Etymology

From Old Saxon wāld, from Proto-Germanic *walþuz, whence also Old English weald, Old Norse völlr.

Pronunciation

  • Stem vowel: ô²
    • (originally) IPA(key): /wɔːlt/ or IPA(key): /wɔlt/
    • While the combination /ld/ originally lengthened the vowel in Old Saxon, in several Middle Low German dialects it was treated like a geminate, or had actually become /lː/, and in turn shortened long vowels occurring before it. Further, the vowel was shortened before /lt/ from final obstruent devoicing. Dialects then often begun to apply the more common vowel length across all forms.

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