Where does “teljari” come from?
teljari (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic telja, from Old Norse telja, 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,...
teljari (Icelandic): a numerator; an enumerator, a counter, a machine...
Definitions
- a numerator; an enumerator, a counter, a machine...
Ancestry of “teljari”, step by step
teljari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Icelandic telja
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | telja | to count; to believe, think |
| 2 | Old Norse | telja | to count, number; to tell, say; to reckon,... |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | taljaną | to enumerate, count; to account, recount, tell |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | talą | speech; number |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dol- | reckoning, calculation, fraud; calculation, fraud |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | del- | to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,... |