Where does “toll gene” come from?

toll gene (English) comes from German toll, from Middle High German tol, from Old High German tol, from Proto-West Germanic *dol, from Proto-Germanic dulaz, from Proto-Germanic dwalaz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰwel-.

toll gene (English): Any of a class of genes that encode members of...

Definitions

  1. Any of a class of genes that encode members of...

Ancestry of “toll gene”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germantollgreat, nice, wonderful; crazy, mad
2Middle High Germantol—
3Old High Germantolfoolish
4Proto-West Germanic*dol—
5Proto-Germanicdulazconfused, stunned; foolish, misled, mad
6Proto-Germanicdwalazconfused, stunned; foolish, misled, mad
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰwel-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰwel- →Every word from Proto-Germanic dwalaz →Every word from Proto-Germanic dulaz →