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Where does “telge” come from?

telge (Old English) comes from Proto-Oceanic tolu, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian təlu, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian təlu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian təlu, from Proto-Austronesian təlu — three.

telge (Old English): twig, branch, shoot

Definitions

  1. twig, branch, shoot

Ancestry of “telge”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Oceanictolu—
2Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesiantəlu—
3Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesiantəlu—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantəluthree
5Proto-Austronesiantəluthree

Words derived from “telge”

  • tillow
  • tilwe
  • telwe
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