Where does “tol” come from?

tol (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch tol, from Latin teloneum, from Ancient Greek τελώνιον, from Ancient Greek τελώνης, from Ancient Greek ὠνέομαι, from Ancient Greek ὦνος, from Proto-Indo-European wosno-, from Proto-Indo-European wesno- — price.

tol (Middle Dutch): twig

Definitions

  1. twig

Ancestry of “tol”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchtol
2Latinteloneumtoll booth; custom house
3Ancient Greekτελώνιονtoll-house
4Ancient Greekτελώνηςa farmer or collector or the tolls, customs or...
5Ancient Greekὠνέομαιto buy, purchase
6Ancient Greekὦνοςprice
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwosno-
8Proto-Indo-Europeanwesno-price

Words derived from “tol

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wesno-