Where does “þvertala” come from?
þvertala (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic tala, from Old Norse tala, from Proto-Germanic talō, from Proto-Indo-European del- — to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,...
þvertala (Icelandic): imaginary number
Ancestry of “þvertala”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Icelandic | tala | a short address, a speech; button; number |
| 2 | Old Norse | tala | speech, discourse; tale, number; number |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | talō | narration, report; assessment, judgment;... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | del- | to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,... |