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Where does “tolde” come from?

tolde (Middle English) comes from Old English tealde, from Proto-Germanic talid-.

Ancestry of “tolde”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishtealde—
2Proto-Germanictalid-—

Words derived from “tolde”

  • told
  • tould
  • toldest
Every word from Proto-Germanic talid- →