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

Definitions

  1. number, numeral, figure

Ancestry of “tall”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsetala talk, parley, conversation; speech, language; a...
2Proto-Germanictaląspeech; number
3Proto-Indo-Europeandol-reckoning, calculation, fraud; calculation, fraud
4Proto-Indo-Europeandel-to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,...

Words derived from “tall”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European del- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dol- →Every word from Proto-Germanic talą →
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