Where does “táille” come from?
táille (Irish) comes from Old French taille, from Old French taillier, from Latin taliō, from Latin tālis, from Proto-Indo-European tód, from Proto-Indo-European to-, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.
táille (Irish): fee, charge
Definitions
- fee, charge
Ancestry of “táille”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | taille | cut; cut; wound; incision; a count kept by... |
| 2 | Old French | taillier | to cut; to shape |
| 3 | Latin | taliō | punishment equal to the injury sustained; retaliation |
| 4 | Latin | tālis | such |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | tód | demonstrative pronoun; that; it |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | to- | it; that; the, that |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | só | this; that |