Where does “geigerteller” come from?
geigerteller (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål teller, from Norwegian Bokmål telle, from Danish tælle, from Danish talg, from Middle Low German talch, from Old Saxon talg, from Proto-West Germanic *talg, from Proto-Germanic talgaz — to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,...
geigerteller (Norwegian Bokmål): a Geiger counter
Ancestry of “geigerteller”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | teller | numerator; present tense of telle |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | telle | to count |
| 3 | Danish | tælle | tallow; to count; to number |
| 4 | Danish | talg | tallow; suet |
| 5 | Middle Low German | talch | — |
| 6 | Old Saxon | talg | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *talg | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | talgaz | tallow |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | del- | to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,... |