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Where does “adeliht” come from?

adeliht (Old English) comes from Old English -iht, from Proto-Germanic -ihtaz.

adeliht (Old English): filthy, dirty

Definitions

  1. filthy, dirty

Ancestry of “adeliht”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old English-ihthaving, bearing, possessing; characterized by;...
2Proto-Germanic-ihtaz—
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