Where does “tol” come from?

tol (Old High German) comes from Proto-West Germanic *dol, from Proto-Germanic dulaz, from Proto-Germanic dwalaz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰwel-.

tol (Old High German): foolish

Definitions

  1. foolish

Ancestry of “tol”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*dol—
2Proto-Germanicdulazconfused, stunned; foolish, misled, mad
3Proto-Germanicdwalazconfused, stunned; foolish, misled, mad
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰwel-—

Words derived from “tol”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰwel- →Every word from Proto-Germanic dwalaz →Every word from Proto-Germanic dulaz →