Where does “zelten” come from?

zelten (German) comes 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.

zelten (German): to camp, tent

Definitions

  1. to camp, tent

Ancestry of “zelten”, step by step

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

Words derived from “zelten”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -tt →Every word from Hungarian -t →Every word from Proto-Indo-European delt- →
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