Where does “turteller” come from?
turteller (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,...
turteller (Norwegian Bokmål): a rev counter or tachometer
Definitions
- a rev counter or tachometer
Ancestry of “turteller”, step by step
turteller traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål teller
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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,... |
via Norwegian Bokmål tur
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | tur | a walk; a trip, journey; a tour |
| 2 | French | tour | tower; rook; apartment building |
| 3 | Latin | tornus | A turner's wheel, lathe; A potter's wheel |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | τόρνος | A tool similar to a pair of compasses used to... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | torh₂no- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | terh₁- | to rub, turn; to drill, pierce |