Where does “Tahl” come from?
Tahl (German Low German) comes from Middle Low German tāle, from Old Saxon tala, from Proto-West Germanic *talu, from Proto-Germanic talō, from Proto-Indo-European del- — to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,...
Tahl (German Low German): number; numeral; figure
Ancestry of “Tahl”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | tāle | — |
| 2 | Old Saxon | tala | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *talu | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | talō | narration, report; assessment, judgment;... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | del- | to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,... |