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Where does “zählbar” come from?

zählbar (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,...

zählbar (German): countable

Definitions

  1. countable

Ancestry of “zählbar”, 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 “zählbar”

  • unzählbar
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