Where does “*tal” come from?
*tal (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic *tal, from Proto-Germanic talą, from Proto-Indo-European dol-, from Proto-Indo-European del- — to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,...
Ancestry of “*tal”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-West Germanic | *tal | — |
| 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,... |