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Where does “telg” come from?

telg (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic *telgu, from Proto-Germanic telguz, from Proto-Indo-European delgʰ- — to split, divide, cut, carve; to split; carve;...

Ancestry of “telg”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*telgu—
2Proto-Germanictelguzbranch; twig
3Proto-Indo-Europeandelgʰ-to split, divide, cut, carve; to split; carve;...

Words derived from “telg”

  • telg
  • telch
  • telg
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