Where does “chalder” come from?
chalder (Scots) comes from Norn chaldro, from Old Norse tjaldr, from Proto-Indo-European del- — to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,...
chalder (Scots): oystercatcher
Ancestry of “chalder”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Norn | chaldro | oystercatcher |
| 2 | Old Norse | tjaldr | oystercatcher |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | del- | to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,... |