Where does “Zählung” come from?

Zählung (German) comes from German zählen, from Middle High German zeln, from Old High German zellan, from Proto-West Germanic talljan, from Proto-Germanic taljaną, from Proto-Germanic talą, from Proto-Indo-European dol-, from Proto-Indo-European del- — to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,...

Zählung (German): count (the process and the result of establishing the number or quantity of items); census; metering, reckoning

Definitions

  1. count (the process and the result of establishing the number or quantity of items); census; metering, reckoning

Ancestry of “Zählung”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanzählento count; to reckon, to consider, to deem; to...
2Middle High Germanzeln
3Old High Germanzellan
4Proto-West Germanictalljanto count, to enumerate; to recount, to tell
5Proto-Germanictaljanąto enumerate, count; to account, recount, tell
6Proto-Germanictaląspeech; number
7Proto-Indo-Europeandol-reckoning, calculation, fraud; calculation, fraud
8Proto-Indo-Europeandel-to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,...

Words derived from “Zählung

Every word from Proto-Indo-European del-Every word from Proto-Indo-European dol-Every word from Proto-Germanic talą