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Where does “*dálbtan” come from?

*dálbtan (Proto-Balto-Slavic) comes from Proto-Indo-European dʰelbʰ- — to dig, excavate.

Ancestry of “*dálbtan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeandʰelbʰ-to dig, excavate
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