Where does “teljast” come from?
teljast (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,...
teljast (Icelandic): to be counted as
Definitions
- to be counted as
Ancestry of “teljast”, step by step
| 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,... |