Where does “talt” come from?

talt (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,...

talt (Danish): past participle of tale; past participle of tælle

Definitions

  1. past participle of tale; past participle of tælle

Ancestry of “talt”, 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 →
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