Where does “rangtelwoord” come from?
rangtelwoord (Dutch) comes from Dutch telwoord, 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,...
rangtelwoord (Dutch): An ordinal number word; a word indicating an...
Definitions
- An ordinal number word; a word indicating an...
Ancestry of “rangtelwoord”, step by step
rangtelwoord traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch telwoord
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | telwoord | numeral; measure word, counter |
| 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,... |