Where does “daltă” come from?
daltă (Romanian) comes from Albanian daltë, from Proto-Slavic *dolto, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *dálbtan, from Proto-Indo-European dʰelbʰ- — to dig, excavate.
daltă (Romanian): chisel
Ancestry of “daltă”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Albanian | daltë | chisel |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | *dolto | — |
| 3 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | *dálbtan | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰelbʰ- | to dig, excavate |