Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/talō

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

From Proto-Indo-European *dolH-éh₂ (“reckoning, calculation, fraud”), from the root *delH- (“to reckon, aim, adjust, calculate”). Compare Ancient Greek δόλος (dólos, “trick(ery), deceit; bait”), Hittite talliije/azi (“to pray to, evoke (a deity)”), and Old Armenian տող (toł, “line, row”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑ.lɔː/

*talō f

1. narration, report
2. assessment, judgment
3. calculation, counting

• *taljaną
• *talōną

• *talą
• *talkōną

• Proto-West Germanic: *talu
  • Old English: talu
    • Middle English: tale, tal, talle, taile, taille (chiefly Northern ME)
      • English: tale
      • Scots: tale
      • Yola: taale
  • Old Frisian: tale, tele
    • Saterland Frisian: Taal
    • West Frisian: taal
  • Old Saxon: tala
    • Middle Low German: tāle, tal
      • German Low German: Tahl, Tall
  • Old Dutch: *tala
    • Middle Dutch: tāle
      • Dutch: taal
        • Afrikaans: taal
      • West Flemish: toale
  • Old High German: zala
    • Middle High German: zale
      • German: Zahl
      • Hunsrik: Zaal
      • Luxembourgish: Zuel
      • Vilamovian: caoł
      • Yiddish: צאָל (tsol)
• Old Norse: tala
  • Icelandic: tala
  • Faroese: tala
  • Norwegian: tale
  • Old Swedish: tala
    • Swedish: tala
  • Danish: tale