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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old High German | zelt | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *teld | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | teldą | tent, drape |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | delt- | board |
| 5 | Hungarian | -t | Used to form the accusative case; -ed, -t. Used... |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | -tt | — |