English

Great Belt

Great Belt comes from Danish Storebælt.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

Made of the words Great + Belt

Proto-Indo-European *gʰrewd- ‘to rub’

Proto-Germanic *grautaz ‘coarse’

Proto-West Germanic *graut

Old English grēat ‘big’

Middle English greet ‘great’

English Great

Latin balteus ‘belt’

Proto-Germanic *baltijaz ‘girdle’

Proto-West Germanic *baltī̆

Old English belt ‘belt’

Middle English belt

English Belt

Every English word from Danish Storebælt

name A strait in Denmark between the islands of Funen (Danish Fyn) and Zealand (Danish Sjælland).

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.