Where does “делэ” come from?
делэ (West Circassian) comes from Urdu دلی, from Old Anatolian Turkish دلو, from Proto-Turkic *tēlbe.
Ancestry of “делэ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Urdu | دلی | — |
| 2 | Old Anatolian Turkish | دلو | — |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | *tēlbe | — |