Where does “telgje” come from?

telgje (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse telgja, from Proto-Norse ᛏᚨᛚᚷᛁᛞᚨᛁ, from Proto-Germanic talgijaną — to carve, cut, whittle.

telgje (Norwegian Bokmål): To shape something (wooden) with an axe or knife

Definitions

  1. To shape something (wooden) with an axe or knife

Ancestry of “telgje”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsetelgjato carve, to cut
2Proto-Norseᛏᚨᛚᚷᛁᛞᚨᛁcarved
3Proto-Germanictalgijanąto carve, cut, whittle
Every word from Proto-Germanic talgijaną →Every word from Proto-Norse ᛏᚨᛚᚷᛁᛞᚨᛁ →Every word from Old Norse telgja →