Welt

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• /wɛlt/
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyh1-? Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós Proto-Germanic *weraz Proto-Indo-European *h2el- Proto-Indo-European *h2életi Proto-Germanic *alaną Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Germanic *-þiz Proto-Germanic *aldiz Proto-Germanic *weraldiz Proto-West Germanic *weraldi Old High German wëralt Middle High German wërlt German Weltbor. English Welt Borrowed from German Welt.

First use appears c. 1425, a shoemaker's term. Perhaps related to Middle English welten (“to overturn, roll over”), from Old Norse velta (“to roll”). Meaning "ridge on the skin from a wound" first recorded 1800.

From Middle English welten, from Old English weltan, wieltan, from Proto-Germanic *waltijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to turn; wind; twist”). Cognate with German wälzen, Danish vælte, Swedish välta, Icelandic velta.

55 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: следа от камшик (sleda ot kamšik) — raised mark on the body
• Chinese Mandarin: 鞭痕 (biānhéng) — raised mark on the body
• Czech: šrám — raised mark on the body
• Czech: podlitina — raised mark on the body
• Czech: šlic — raised mark on the body
• French: zébrure — raised mark on the body
• French: marque de coup — raised mark on the body
• German: Quaddel — raised mark on the body
• German: Strieme — raised mark on the body
• Icelandic: bólgurák — raised mark on the body
• Icelandic: þrotarák — raised mark on the body
• Irish: riast — raised mark on the body
• Irish: fearb — raised mark on the body
• Italian: pomfo — raised mark on the body
• Italian: segno di frustata — raised mark on the body
• Italian: gonfiore — raised mark on the body
• Italian: livido — raised mark on the body
• Latin: vībex — raised mark on the body
• Māori: kārawarawa — raised mark on the body
• Plautdietsch: Knubbel — raised mark on the body
• Polish: ślad — raised mark on the body
• Polish: pręga — raised mark on the body
• Russian: рубе́ц (rubéc) — raised mark on the body
• Lower Sorbian: puchoŕk — raised mark on the body
• Tagalog: pantal — raised mark on the body
• Tagalog: pamamantal — raised mark on the body
• Vietnamese: lằn roi — raised mark on the body
• Vietnamese: lằn — raised mark on the body
• Bulgarian: кант (kant) — strip of leather on a shoe
• Catalan: vira — strip of leather on a shoe
• Czech: obruba — strip of leather on a shoe
• Czech: lemovka — strip of leather on a shoe
• Galician: vira — strip of leather on a shoe
• Ingrian: rantti — strip of leather on a shoe
• Irish: buinne — strip of leather on a shoe
• Irish: lasca — strip of leather on a shoe
• Italian: tramezzo — strip of leather on a shoe
• Polish: ściągacz — strip of leather on a shoe
• Polish: lamówka — strip of leather on a shoe
• Polish: obrzeże — strip of leather on a shoe
• Russian: рант (rant) — strip of leather on a shoe
• Scottish Gaelic: balt — strip of leather on a shoe
• Swedish: rand — strip of leather on a shoe
• Bulgarian: скрит шев (skrit šev) — strip of material applied to a seam
• Czech: zpevňující lem — strip of material applied to a seam
• Polish: ściągacz — strip of material applied to a seam
• Polish: lamówka — strip of material applied to a seam
• Polish: obrzeże — strip of material applied to a seam
• Scottish Gaelic: balt — strip of material applied to a seam
• Esperanto: bati — to cause to have welts
• German: falten — to cause to have welts
• German: falzen — to cause to have welts
• Polish: powodować obrzęki — to cause to have welts
• Polish: spowodować obrzęki — to cause to have welts
• Vietnamese: đánh nổi lằn — to cause to have welts