daltă

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Contents 1 Romanian 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Declension

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[edit] Etymology

It is agreed to be from Proto-Indo-European *del- (“‘to split, carve, cut’”), but whether it is a substratum word, akin to Albanian daltë, or an early loan from Proto-Slavic *dolto (compare e.g. Slovak dlato) is disputed.

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daltă f. (plural dălţi)

1. chisel

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