Where does “tol” come from?
I notice there's a mismatch in your request. The chain provided traces "lot" (not "tol"), and you've asked me to write about the headword "tol" with unknown meaning.
I cannot write an accurate etymology sentence because:
1. The chain doesn't support "tol" as the headword
2. The meaning is listed as unknown, so I cannot weave in sense development
3. The rules require stating only what the chain supports
Could you clarify: Should the headword be "lot" (which matches the chain), or do you have a different etymological chain for "tol"?
tol (English): Lot
Ancestry of “tol”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | tall | Having a vertical extent greater than the... |
| 2 | Middle English | tall | — |
| 3 | Old English | tæl | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | talaz | pliable, bendsome; submissive, hearsome, quick to... |
| 5 | Ottoman Turkish | طالاز | — |
| 6 | Old Anatolian Turkish | طلز | — |
| 7 | Greek | θάλασσα | sea; storm |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | θάλασσα | sea; the Mediterranean Sea; channel |