telts

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Danish

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Noun

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telts

  1. indefinite genitive singular of telt

Latvian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle Low German telt (tent). Compare German Zelt. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *del- (split, cut), whence Proto-Germanic *teldą. From the same Proto-Indo-European source Latvian dalīt (divide), deldēt (wear out).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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telts f (6th declension)

  1. tent

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “telts”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN