Where does “Teller” come from?

Teller (German) comes from Middle High 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): plate, dish

Definitions

  1. plate, dish

Ancestry of “Teller”, step by step

Teller traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle High German teller

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanteller—
2Middle Frenchtailloira plate or board upon which food is cut before it...
3Old Frenchtailleor—
4Old Frenchtaillierto cut; to shape
5Latintaliōpunishment equal to the injury sustained; retaliation
6Latintālissuch
7Proto-Indo-Europeantóddemonstrative pronoun; that; it
8Proto-Indo-Europeanto-it; that; the, that
9Proto-Indo-Europeansóthis; that

via Middle High German teler

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanteler—

via Middle High German telier

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germantelier—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European só →Every word from Proto-Indo-European to- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tód →