Where does “teleskop” come from?

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

teleskop (Serbo-Croatian): telescope

Definitions

  1. telescope

Ancestry of “teleskop”, step by step

teleskop traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Serbo-Croatian tèle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatiantèlecalf
2Proto-Slavictelęcalf
3Proto-Balto-Slavictel-—

via Serbo-Croatian skop

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianskop—
Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic tel- →Every word from Proto-Slavic telę →Every word from Serbo-Croatian tèle →