Words that come from Proto-Germanic talō

400 words across 23 languages descend from Proto-Germanic talō — including tale, telltale, folktale, tattletale, talebearer, talebearing, talesman, tsotsitaal.

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Swedish (161)

Dutch (92)

German (30)

Norwegian Bokmål (22)

English (17)

Danish (16)

Icelandic (16)

Norwegian Nynorsk (13)

Afrikaans (7)

Faroese (4)

Yiddish (3)

Old Saxon (3)

Middle Dutch (2)

German Low German (2)

Latvian (2)

West Frisian (2)

Middle English (2)

Old Dutch (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Old High German (1)

West Flemish (1)

Old Norse (1)

Old English (1)