English
geteld
Geteld comes from Old English ġeteld ‘tent, tabernacle’, and goes back to Proto-West Germanic *gateld.
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*gateldreconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150ġeteld‘tent, tabernacle’
- Englishearliest quotation 2000geteld
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*gateldreconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150ġeteld‘tent, tabernacle’
- Englishearliest quotation 2000geteld
Earliest quotation: 2000, Tanya Guptill, Suggestions For a Tent: “Many tents (rounds, getelds) can be put up by…”
Every English word from Proto-West Germanic *gateld
Today it means
noun A tent, of a style historically used by the Anglo-Saxons, which resembles a shelter-half or pup tent.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-West Germanic *gateld / geteld