Where does “talia” come from?
talia (Polish) comes from English tally, from English tallyho, from French taïaut, from Middle French tahou, from Old French taho, from Old French ta, from Latin tua, from Latin tuus — power.
talia (Polish): waist; deck
Definitions
- waist; deck
Ancestry of “talia”, step by step
talia traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English tally
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tally | Target sighted; Abbreviation of tally stick; One... |
| 2 | English | tallyho | Used to urge on a fox hunt, especially when the... |
| 3 | French | taïaut | tallyho |
| 4 | Middle French | tahou | — |
| 5 | Old French | taho | — |
| 6 | Old French | ta | your |
| 7 | Latin | tua | inflection of tuus: ## nominative/vocative... |
| 8 | Latin | tuus | your |
| 9 | Russian | туз | ace; bigwig; two-oar dinghy |
| 10 | Polish | tuz | ace; luminary, person of importance in their... |
| 11 | Polish | tu | here |
| 12 | Polish | być | to be |
| 13 | Polish | móc | to be able; may, might; to be allowed |
| 14 | Old Polish | móc | can, may, to be able to |
| 15 | Proto-Slavic | moťь | power |
via French taille
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | taille | the act of cutting, pruning, trimming; size;... |
| 2 | Old French | taille | cut; cut; wound; incision; a count kept by... |
| 3 | Old French | taillier | to cut; to shape |
| 4 | Latin | taliō | punishment equal to the injury sustained; retaliation |
| 5 | Latin | tālis | such |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | tód | demonstrative pronoun; that; it |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | to- | it; that; the, that |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | só | this; that |