Where does “*teld” come from?
*teld (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic teldą, from Proto-Indo-European delt-, from Hungarian -t, from Proto-Uralic -tt.
Ancestry of “*teld”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Germanic | teldą | tent, drape |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | delt- | board |
| 3 | Hungarian | -t | Used to form the accusative case; -ed, -t. Used... |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -tt | — |