Where does “tælling” come from?

tælling (Danish) comes from Danish tælle, 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,...

tælling (Danish): count, act of counting

Definitions

  1. count, act of counting

Ancestry of “tælling”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishtælletallow; to count; to number
2Danishtalgtallow; suet
3Middle Low Germantalch—
4Old Saxontalg—
5Proto-West Germanic*talg—
6Proto-Germanictalgaztallow
7Proto-Indo-Europeandel-to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European del- →Every word from Proto-Germanic talgaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *talg →