Where does “toll” come from?

toll (German) comes from Middle High German tol, from Old High German tol, from Proto-West Germanic *dol, from Proto-Germanic dulaz, from Proto-Germanic dwalaz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰwel-.

toll (German): great, nice, wonderful; crazy, mad

Definitions

  1. great, nice, wonderful; crazy, mad

Ancestry of “toll”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germantol—
2Old High Germantolfoolish
3Proto-West Germanic*dol—
4Proto-Germanicdulazconfused, stunned; foolish, misled, mad
5Proto-Germanicdwalazconfused, stunned; foolish, misled, mad
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰwel-—

Words derived from “toll”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰwel- →Every word from Proto-Germanic dwalaz →Every word from Proto-Germanic dulaz →