Where does “tol” come from?
tol (Middle High German) comes from Old High German tol, from Proto-West Germanic *dol, from Proto-Germanic dulaz, from Proto-Germanic dwalaz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰwel-.
Ancestry of “tol”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old High German | tol | foolish |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *dol | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | dulaz | confused, stunned; foolish, misled, mad |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | dwalaz | confused, stunned; foolish, misled, mad |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰwel- | — |