Where does “taler” come from?
taler (German) comes from German Joachimsthaler, from German Sankt Joachimsthal, from German Sankt, from Latin sānctus, from Latin Iacobus, from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος, from Ancient Greek Ἰακώβ, from Hebrew יַעֲקֹב — heel of the foot; heel.
Ancestry of “taler”, step by step