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Where does “thelb” come from?

thelb (Albanian) comes from Albanian thalb, from German anderthalb, from Old High German anderhalb, from Old High German halb, from Proto-West Germanic halb, from Proto-Germanic halbaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kelH-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kel- — to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...

thelb (Albanian): kernel , meat; core, pith, stone; clove

Definitions

  1. kernel , meat; core, pith, stone; clove

Ancestry of “thelb”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albanianthalb—
2Germananderthalb—
3Old High Germananderhalb—
4Old High Germanhalb—
5Proto-West Germanichalbhalf
6Proto-Germanichalbazhalf
7Proto-Indo-European(s)kelH-to cut; to split, to separate
8Proto-Indo-European(s)kel-to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...

Words derived from “thelb”

  • thelpi
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