Where does “zelt” come from?

zelt (Old High German) comes from Proto-West Germanic *teld, from Proto-Germanic teldą, from Proto-Indo-European delt-, from Hungarian -t, from Proto-Uralic -tt.

Ancestry of “zelt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*teld—
2Proto-Germanicteldątent, drape
3Proto-Indo-Europeandelt-board
4Hungarian-tUsed to form the accusative case; -ed, -t. Used...
5Proto-Uralic-tt—

Words derived from “zelt”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -tt →Every word from Hungarian -t →Every word from Proto-Indo-European delt- →
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