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Where does “jilt” come from?
jilt (Turkmen) comes from Arabic جِلْد, from Proto-Semitic gild-.
jilt
(Turkmen): skin
Definitions
skin
Ancestry of “jilt”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Arabic
جِلْد
skin, hide
2
Proto-Semitic
gild-
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