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Where does “dagligtale” come from?

dagligtale (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål tåle, from Old Norse þola, from Proto-Germanic þulāną, from Proto-Indo-European telh₂- — to bear, to undergo, to endure; ground, bottom.

dagligtale (Norwegian Bokmål): everyday language / speech, vernacular

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  1. everyday language / speech, vernacular

Ancestry of “dagligtale”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmåltåleto bear, endure, stand, tolerate
2Old Norseþolato bear, endure, suffer
3Proto-Germanicþulānąto bear, to endure
4Proto-Indo-Europeantelh₂-to bear, to undergo, to endure; ground, bottom
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