Words that come from Proto-Germanic “talą”

191 words across 34 languages descend from Proto-Germanic talą — including tell, telling, storytelling, untold, telltale, tellingly, retell, telt.

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Norwegian Bokmål (32)

English (25)

Swedish (17)

German (17)

Dutch (15)

Danish (14)

Icelandic (12)

Norwegian Nynorsk (9)

Faroese (6)

West Frisian (4)

Old English (4)

Old Swedish (3)

Westrobothnian (3)

Old Norse (3)

Middle Low German (2)

Luxembourgish (2)

Central Franconian (2)

Middle English (2)

Proto-Germanic (2)

Middle High German (2)

Old High German (2)

Low German (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Yiddish (1)

French (1)

Afrikaans (1)

Old Saxon (1)

Portuguese (1)

Finnish (1)

Limburgish (1)

Sranan Tongo (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)

Old Frisian (1)