EuroHiT/Old

Definition of the Concept: Most of the words for 'old' are used alike for 'old' vs. 'new' and 'old' vs. 'young'. But a few are used wholly or chiefly in the latter sense, esp. of old persons; and this was the orig. application of many of the others, as indicated by their etym.

Catalan

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Croatian

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No.	Variants of Lexical Type	Chronological Data	Distribution	Origin	Sources
1	star	...	general	general Slavic: Lith. storas 'thick, bulky', ON stōrr 'large, big', fr. the root *stā- 'stand', semantic development from 'standing (firm)' to 'solid', whence 'large' and 'old'	Buck
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Czech

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1	starý	...	general	...	Buck
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Danish

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No.	Variants of Lexical Type	Chronological Data	Distribution	Origin	Sources
1	gammel	...	mostly of persons (but also of sword in Beowulf)	etym. dub., but prob. as orig. 'of many winters': Lat. hiems, Ir. gemred 'winter', etc.	Buck
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Dutch

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No.	Variants of Lexical Type	Chronological Data	Distribution	Origin	Sources
1	oud	...	lit. 'nourished, grown'	fr. the root of Goth. alan 'grow up', ON ala, Lat. alere 'nourish'	Buck
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English

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No.	Variants of Lexical Type	Chronological Data	Distribution	Origin	Sources
1	old	since OE eald, ME old	lit. 'nourished, grown'	fr. the root of Goth. alan 'grow up', ON ala, Lat. alere 'nourish'	Buck
2	ancient	...	mostly with reference to things 'of former times', but also 'old' of persons	Fr. ancien; fr. deriv. of Lat. ante 'before'	Buck
3	gamol	only OE	only OE; mostly of persons (but also sword in Beowulf)	etym. dub., but prob. as orig. 'of many winters': Lat. hiems, Ir. gemred 'winter', etc.	Buck

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Estonian

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Finnish

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French

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No.	Variants of Lexical Type	Chronological Data	Distribution	Origin	Sources
1	vieux	...	general	Lat. vetus, vetustus, dim. vetulus (> VLat. veclus)	Buck
2	ancien	...	mostly with reference to things 'of former times', but also 'old' of persons	fr. deriv. of Lat. ante 'before'	Buck
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Frisian

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German

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No.	Variants of Lexical Type	Chronological Data	Distribution	Origin	Sources
1	alt	since OHG alt, MHG alt	general	...	Buck
2	OHG firni, MHG virne	...	'old' and of persons 'experienced, wise'	Goth. af fairnin jēra 'of the previous year'; fr. *per- in Skt. para-, OE fēor 'far, distant'	Buck
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Hungarian

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Irish

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No.	Variants of Lexical Type	Chronological Data	Distribution	Origin	Sources
1	aosta	...	lit. 'aged'; aois 'age'; now most general word for 'old'	...	Buck
2	crīonna	...	properly 'wise, experienced', but commonly 'old' of persons	connection with crīn 'withered, shrunk, worn out, old'	Buck
3	sean-	since Ir. sen	...	...	Buck

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Italian

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No.	Variants of Lexical Type	Chronological Data	Distribution	Origin	Sources
1	vecchio	...	general	Lat. vetus, vetustus, dim. vetulus (> VLat. veclus)	Buck
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Ladin

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Latvian

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Lithuanian

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1	senas	...	general	...	Buck
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Maltese

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Norwegian

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Occitan

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Polish

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1	stary	...	general	...	Buck
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Portuguese

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Rumantsch

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Slovak

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Slovenian

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Spanish

History of Forms

No.	Variants of Lexical Type	Chronological Data	Distribution	Origin	Sources
1	viejo	...	general	Lat. vetus, vetustus, dim. vetulus (> VLat. veclus)	Buck
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Swedish

History of Forms

No.	Variants of Lexical Type	Chronological Data	Distribution	Origin	Sources
1	gammal	...	mostly of persons (but also sword in Beowulf)	etym. dub., but prob. as orig. 'of many winters': Lat. hiems, Ir. gemred 'winter', etc.	Buck
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