Where does “telt” come from?
telt (Danish) comes from Middle Low German telt, from Old Saxon teld, from Proto-West Germanic *teld, from Proto-Germanic teldą, from Proto-Indo-European delt-, from Hungarian -t, from Proto-Uralic -tt.
telt (Danish): a tent
Ancestry of “telt”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle Low German | telt | tent |
| 2 | Old Saxon | teld | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *teld | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | teldą | tent, drape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | delt- | board |
| 6 | Hungarian | -t | Used to form the accusative case; -ed, -t. Used... |
| 7 | Proto-Uralic | -tt | — |