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-Europeanthis; 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 Every word from Proto-Indo-European to-Every word from Proto-Indo-European tód