Where does “optelsom” come from?
optelsom (Dutch) comes from Dutch optellen, from Dutch tellen, from Middle Dutch tellen, from Old Dutch tellen, 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,...
optelsom (Dutch): total sum, aggregation
Definitions
- total sum, aggregation
Ancestry of “optelsom”, step by step
optelsom traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch optellen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | optellen | to add |
| 2 | Dutch | tellen | to count, to enumerate; to determine the number... |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | tellen | to count, to calculate; to count as, to consider... |
| 4 | Old Dutch | tellen | to tell, to say; to count |
| 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 Dutch som
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | som | sum |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | somme | — |
| 3 | Old French | somme | — |
| 4 | Latin | summa | top, summit, highest point or place; the... |
| 5 | Latin | summus | highest, greatest, the most high; top, on top |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | supemos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)úp-m̥mo-s | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |