Where does “telg” come from?
telg (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch telg, from Middle Dutch telch, from Old Dutch telg, from Proto-West Germanic *telgu, from Proto-Germanic telguz, from Proto-Indo-European delgʰ- — to split, divide, cut, carve; to split; carve;...
telg (Afrikaans): scion, child
Ancestry of “telg”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Dutch | telg | descendant, scion |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | telch | branch of a tree; branch of an antler; branching... |
| 3 | Old Dutch | telg | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *telgu | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | telguz | branch; twig |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | delgʰ- | to split, divide, cut, carve; to split; carve;... |