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Where does “telki” come from?

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

telki (Finnish): bolt

Definitions

  1. bolt

Ancestry of “telki”, step by step

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

Words derived from “telki”

  • teljetä
  • telje
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