Where does “tælle” come from?

tælle (Danish) comes from Danish talg, from Middle Low German talch, from Old Saxon talg, from Proto-West Germanic *talg, from Proto-Germanic talgaz, from Proto-Indo-European del- — to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,...

tælle (Danish): tallow; to count; to number

Definitions

  1. tallow; to count; to number

Ancestry of “tælle”, step by step

tælle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish talg

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishtalgtallow; suet
2Middle Low Germantalch—
3Old Saxontalg—
4Proto-West Germanic*talg—
5Proto-Germanictalgaztallow
6Proto-Indo-Europeandel-to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,...

via Old Norse telja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseteljato count, number; to tell, say; to reckon,...
2Proto-Germanictaljanąto enumerate, count; to account, recount, tell
3Proto-Germanictaląspeech; number
4Proto-Indo-Europeandol-reckoning, calculation, fraud; calculation, fraud

Words derived from “tælle”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European del- →Every word from Proto-Germanic talgaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *talg →