Where does “téla” come from?

téla (Saramaccan) comes from Portuguese Terra, from Latin Terra, from Proto-Indo-European ters- — dry.

téla (Saramaccan): land

Definitions

  1. land

Ancestry of “téla”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortugueseTerraEarth
2LatinTerraTerra goddess of the Earth
3Proto-Indo-Europeanters-dry
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ters- →Every word from Latin Terra →Every word from Portuguese Terra →