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Where does “dlh” come from?

dlh (Slovak) comes from Proto-Slavic dъlgъ, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰlegʰ-.

dlh (Slovak): debt

Definitions

  1. debt

Ancestry of “dlh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicdъlgъdebt
2Proto-Indo-European*dʰlegʰ-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *dʰlegʰ- →