Where does “tel” come from?

tel (Albanian) comes from Ottoman Turkish تل, from Arabic تَلّ, from Proto-Semitic tall-, from Proto-Afroasiatic tVl- — hill.

tel (Albanian): thread; chord, string

Definitions

  1. thread; chord, string

Ancestry of “tel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishتلfiber; hair; thread
2Arabicتَلّhillock; hill, elevation
3Proto-Semitictall-hill
4Proto-AfroasiatictVl-hill

Words derived from “tel”

Every word from Proto-Afroasiatic tVl- →Every word from Proto-Semitic tall- →Every word from Arabic تَلّ →