Where does “tælghia” come from?

tælghia (Old Swedish) comes from Old Norse telgja, from Proto-Norse ᛏᚨᛚᚷᛁᛞᚨᛁ, from Proto-Germanic talgijaną — to carve, cut, whittle.

tælghia (Old Swedish): to carve, to cut

Definitions

  1. to carve, to cut

Ancestry of “tælghia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsetelgjato carve, to cut
2Proto-Norseᛏᚨᛚᚷᛁᛞᚨᛁcarved
3Proto-Germanictalgijanąto carve, cut, whittle

Words derived from “tælghia”

Every word from Proto-Germanic talgijaną →Every word from Proto-Norse ᛏᚨᛚᚷᛁᛞᚨᛁ →Every word from Old Norse telgja →