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

Definitions

  1. chisel

Ancestry of “daltă”, step by step

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

Words derived from “daltă”

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