Where does “tele” come from?

tele (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse þeli, from Proto-Germanic þelą, from Proto-Indo-European tel- — flat; board, plank; to be still; to build.

tele (Norwegian Bokmål): a frozen layer of soil

Definitions

  1. a frozen layer of soil

Ancestry of “tele”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseþelifrozen ground
2Proto-Germanicþeląfloor; deal
3Proto-Indo-Europeantel-flat; board, plank; to be still; to build
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tel- →Every word from Proto-Germanic þelą →Every word from Old Norse þeli →