Where does “tolen” come from?

tolen (Plautdietsch) comes from Middle Dutch tālen, from Old Dutch talon, from Proto-West Germanic talōn, from Proto-Germanic talōną, from Proto-Indo-European del- — to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,...

tolen (Plautdietsch): to pay

Definitions

  1. to pay

Ancestry of “tolen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchtālento speak, to talk
2Old Dutchtalon—
3Proto-West Germanictalōnto calculate; to consider
4Proto-Germanictalōnąto tell, speak, recount; to count, to reckon
5Proto-Indo-Europeandel-to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,...

Words derived from “tolen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European del- →Every word from Proto-Germanic talōną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic talōn →