belti

From Old Norse belti, from Proto-Germanic *baltijaz (“belt”), an early borrowing of Latin balteus (“girdle, sword belt”), of Etruscan origin. Akin to Old English belt (“belt”), Old High German balz (“belt”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛl̥tɪ/

  Rhymes: -ɛl̥tɪ

belti n (genitive singular beltis, plural belti or beltir)

1. belt

From Old Norse belti, from Proto-Germanic *baltijaz (“belt”), an early borrowing of Latin balteus (“girdle, sword belt”), of Etruscan origin. Akin to Old English belt (“belt”), Old High German balz (“belt”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛl̥tɪ/

  Rhymes: -ɛl̥tɪ

belti n (genitive singular beltis, nominative plural belti)

1. belt
2. a girdle

   Synonym: mittisól

3. a zone

   tímabelti ― time zone

From belt +‎ -i.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛl.tɪ/

belti (feminine singular beltija, plural beltin)

1. municipal, urban (pertaining to city)
2. Vallettan (of or pertaining to Valletta, the capital of Malta)

From Proto-Germanic *baltiją, *baltijaz, from Latin balteus.

belti n (genitive beltis)

1. belt

• Icelandic: belti
• Faroese: belti
• Danish: bælte
• Norwegian: belte
• Old Swedish: bælte
  • Swedish: bälte

• “belti”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press