Where does “tall” come from?
tall (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse tal, from Proto-Germanic talą, from Proto-Indo-European dol-, from Proto-Indo-European del- — to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,...
tall (Norwegian Bokmål): number, numeral, figure
Ancestry of “tall”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Norse | tal | a talk, parley, conversation; speech, language; a... |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | talą | speech; number |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | dol- | reckoning, calculation, fraud; calculation, fraud |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | del- | to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,... |
Words derived from “tall”