Where does “fortælling” come from?
fortælling (Danish) comes from Danish fortælle, from Middle Low German vörtellen, from Middle Low German tellen, from Old Saxon tellian, from Proto-West Germanic talljan, from Proto-Germanic taljaną, from Proto-Germanic talą, from Proto-Indo-European dol- — to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,...
fortælling (Danish): a story or tale
Definitions
- a story or tale
Ancestry of “fortælling”, step by step
fortælling traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish fortælle
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | fortælle | To tell, to report; To narrate |
| 2 | Middle Low German | vörtellen | to tell, to narrate, to recount |
| 3 | Middle Low German | tellen | to count, to tell |
| 4 | Old Saxon | tellian | to count; to tell |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | talljan | to count, to enumerate; to recount, to tell |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | taljaną | to enumerate, count; to account, recount, tell |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | talą | speech; number |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dol- | reckoning, calculation, fraud; calculation, fraud |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | del- | to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,... |
via Danish ing
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | ing | — |