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Where does “teljetä” come from?

teljetä (Finnish) comes from Finnish telki, from Proto-Finnic telki, from Proto-Germanic telgô, from Proto-Indo-European delgʰ- — to split, divide, cut, carve; to split; carve;...

teljetä (Finnish): to bar, to bolt, to latch

Definitions

  1. to bar, to bolt, to latch

Ancestry of “teljetä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtelkibolt
2Proto-Finnictelki—
3Proto-Germanictelgô—
4Proto-Indo-Europeandelgʰ-to split, divide, cut, carve; to split; carve;...
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