Where does “Zelter” come from?

Zelter (German) comes from German zelten, from German Zelt, from Old High German zelt, from Proto-West Germanic *teld, from Proto-Germanic teldą, from Proto-Indo-European delt-, from Hungarian -t, from Proto-Uralic -tt.

Zelter (German): palfrey a horse with a smooth, ambling gait, popular in the Middle Ages with nobles and women

Definitions

  1. palfrey a horse with a smooth, ambling gait, popular in the Middle Ages with nobles and women

Ancestry of “Zelter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanzeltento camp, tent
2GermanZelttent, marquee
3Old High Germanzelt—
4Proto-West Germanic*teld—
5Proto-Germanicteldątent, drape
6Proto-Indo-Europeandelt-board
7Hungarian-tUsed to form the accusative case; -ed, -t. Used...
8Proto-Uralic-tt—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -tt →Every word from Hungarian -t →Every word from Proto-Indo-European delt- →