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Where does “*telgu” come from?

*telgu (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic telguz, from Proto-Indo-European delgʰ- — to split, divide, cut, carve; to split; carve;...

Ancestry of “*telgu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanictelguzbranch; twig
2Proto-Indo-Europeandelgʰ-to split, divide, cut, carve; to split; carve;...
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