Where does “tel” come from?

tel (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish تل, from Arabic تَلّ, from Proto-Semitic tall-, from Proto-Afroasiatic tVl- — hill.

tel (Serbo-Croatian): thin wire; silver or golden thread or string for...

Definitions

  1. thin wire; silver or golden thread or string for...

Ancestry of “tel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishتلfiber; hair; thread
2Arabicتَلّhillock; hill, elevation
3Proto-Semitictall-hill
4Proto-AfroasiatictVl-hill
Every word from Proto-Afroasiatic tVl- →Every word from Proto-Semitic tall- →Every word from Arabic تَلّ →