Where does “teline” come from?
teline (Finnish) comes from Finnish tela, from Proto-Germanic þelą, from Proto-Indo-European tel- — flat; board, plank; to be still; to build.
teline (Finnish): rack, stand; scaffold, staging; apparatus
Definitions
- rack, stand; scaffold, staging; apparatus
Ancestry of “teline”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | tela | a log or other piece of wood used as support to... |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | þelą | floor; deal |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | tel- | flat; board, plank; to be still; to build |
Words derived from “teline”