Where does “tal” come from?

tal (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese tal, from Latin tālis, from Proto-Indo-European tód, from Proto-Indo-European to-, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.

tal (Galician): such

Definitions

  1. such

Ancestry of “tal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesetal—
2Latintālissuch
3Proto-Indo-Europeantóddemonstrative pronoun; that; it
4Proto-Indo-Europeanto-it; that; the, that
5Proto-Indo-Europeansóthis; that
Every word from Proto-Indo-European só →Every word from Proto-Indo-European to- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tód →