Where does “telling” come from?

telling (Norwegian Bokmål) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European del- — to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,...

telling (Norwegian Bokmål): counting, a count

Definitions

  1. counting, a count

Ancestry of “telling”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmåltelleto count
2Danishtælletallow; to count; to number
3Danishtalgtallow; suet
4Middle Low Germantalch—
5Old Saxontalg—
6Proto-West Germanic*talg—
7Proto-Germanictalgaztallow
8Proto-Indo-Europeandel-to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,...

Words derived from “telling”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European del- →Every word from Proto-Germanic talgaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *talg →
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