Where does “Teller” come from?
Teller (German Low German) comes from Middle Low German teller, from Middle French tailloir, from Old French tailleor, from Old French taillier, from Latin taliō, from Latin tālis, from Proto-Indo-European tód, from Proto-Indo-European to- — this; that.
Teller (German Low German): plate; dinner plate
Ancestry of “Teller”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle Low German | teller | — |
| 2 | Middle French | tailloir | a plate or board upon which food is cut before it... |
| 3 | Old French | tailleor | — |
| 4 | Old French | taillier | to cut; to shape |
| 5 | Latin | taliō | — |
| 6 | Latin | tālis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | tód | demonstrative pronoun; that; it |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | to- | it; that; the, that |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | só | this; that |