Where does “dăltui” come from?

dăltui (Romanian) comes from Romanian daltă, from Albanian daltë, from Proto-Slavic *dolto, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *dálbtan, from Proto-Indo-European dʰelbʰ- — to dig, excavate.

dăltui (Romanian): to chisel

Definitions

  1. to chisel

Ancestry of “dăltui”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniandaltăchisel
2Albaniandaltëchisel
3Proto-Slavic*dolto—
4Proto-Balto-Slavic*dálbtanchisel
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰelbʰ-to dig, excavate

Words derived from “dăltui”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰelbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic *dálbtan →Every word from Proto-Slavic *dolto →