Where does “telȝer” come from?
telȝer (Middle English) comes from Old English telgra, from Proto-Germanic *telgō, from Proto-Germanic telgô, from Proto-Indo-European delgʰ- — to split, divide, cut, carve; to split; carve;...
Ancestry of “telȝer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old English | telgra | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | *telgō | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | telgô | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | delgʰ- | to split, divide, cut, carve; to split; carve;... |