Where does “Zelt” come from?

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

Zelt (Plautdietsch): tent

Definitions

  1. tent

Ancestry of “Zelt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanzelttent, marquee
2Middle High Germanzëlt—
3Old High Germanzelt—
4Proto-West Germanic*teld—
5Proto-Germanicteldątent, drape
6Proto-Indo-Europeandelt-board
7Hungarian-tUsed to form the accusative case; -ed, -t. Used...
8Proto-Uralic-tt—

Words derived from “Zelt”

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