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Where does “telgra” come from?

telgra (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic *telgō, from Proto-Germanic telgô, from Proto-Indo-European delgʰ- — to split, divide, cut, carve; to split; carve;...

Ancestry of “telgra”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*telgō—
2Proto-Germanictelgô—
3Proto-Indo-Europeandelgʰ-to split, divide, cut, carve; to split; carve;...

Words derived from “telgra”

  • telȝer
  • tilȝer
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