Where does “tale” come from?
tale (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Old Norse tala, from Proto-Germanic talō, from Proto-Indo-European del- — to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,...
tale (Norwegian Nynorsk): <br>; speech; a speech, talk, discourse, an...
Definitions
- <br>; speech; a speech, talk, discourse, an...
Ancestry of “tale”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Norse | tala | speech, discourse; tale, number; number |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | talō | narration, report; assessment, judgment;... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | del- | to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,... |
Words derived from “tale”