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Where does “tele” come from?

tele (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic telę, from Proto-Balto-Slavic tel-.

Ancestry of “tele”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavictelęcalf
2Proto-Balto-Slavictel-—

Words derived from “tele”

  • telad
  • teleći
  • teletina
  • telić
Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic tel- →