Where does “elte” come from?

elte (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse elta, from Proto-Germanic alatjaną, from Proto-Indo-European h₁elh₂- — to drive, move, go.

elte (Norwegian Bokmål): dough; to knead

Definitions

  1. dough; to knead

Ancestry of “elte”, step by step

elte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Norse elta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseeltato drive, hunt, knead; to chase, hunt, knead
2Proto-Germanicalatjanąto drive, move
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁elh₂-to drive, move, go

via Hungarian él

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianélto live; to live in a particular state; to use...
2Proto-Ugricelɜedge

Words derived from “elte”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁elh₂- →Every word from Proto-Germanic alatjaną →Every word from Old Norse elta →