Where does “átala” come from?
átala (Faroese) comes from Faroese Á, from Old Norse á, from Proto-Norse ᚨᚾ, from Proto-Germanic ana, from Proto-Indo-European h₂en- — on, onto.
átala (Faroese): to reprimand, to rebuke
Ancestry of “átala”, step by step
átala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Faroese Á
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Faroese | Á | brook, stream, river |
| 2 | Old Norse | á | river; Alternative form of ær; on |
| 3 | Proto-Norse | ᚨᚾ | on |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | ana | on, at; on, onto; ana |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |
via Faroese tala
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Faroese | tala | talk, conversation; to speak |
| 2 | Old Norse | tala | speech, discourse; tale, number; number |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | talō | narration, report; assessment, judgment;... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | del- | to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,... |