Where does “zëlt” come from?

zëlt (Middle High German) comes 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.

Ancestry of “zëlt”, step by step

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

Words derived from “zëlt”

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