Where does “tölfræði” come from?
tölfræði (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic fræði, from Old Norse frœði, from Proto-Germanic frōdį̄, from Proto-Germanic -į̄, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
tölfræði (Icelandic): statistics
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Ancestry of “tölfræði”, step by step
tölfræði traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Icelandic fræði
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | fræði | science, studies; inflection of fræða: ##... |
| 2 | Old Norse | frœði | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | frōdį̄ | wisdom, understanding |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -į̄ | -th |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |
via Icelandic tál
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | tál | deception, deceptive allurement, seduction |
| 2 | Old Norse | tal | a talk, parley, conversation; speech, language; a... |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | talą | speech; number |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | dol- | reckoning, calculation, fraud; calculation, fraud |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | del- | to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,... |