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Where does “teld” come from?

teld (Middle English) comes from Old English teld, from Proto-Germanic teldą, from Proto-Indo-European delt-, from Hungarian -t, from Proto-Uralic -tt.

teld (Middle English): tent

Definitions

  1. tent

Ancestry of “teld”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishteldtent
2Proto-Germanicteldątent, drape
3Proto-Indo-Europeandelt-board
4Hungarian-tUsed to form the accusative case; -ed, -t. Used...
5Proto-Uralic-tt—

Words derived from “teld”

  • telden
Every word from Proto-Uralic -tt →