Where does “талірка” come from?
талірка (Ukrainian) comes from Polish talerz, from Middle High German teller, from Middle French tailloir, from Old French tailleor, from Old French taillier, from Latin taliō, from Latin tālis, from Proto-Indo-European tód — this; that.
Ancestry of “талірка”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | talerz | plate; cymbal |
| 2 | Middle High German | teller | — |
| 3 | Middle French | tailloir | a plate or board upon which food is cut before it... |
| 4 | Old French | tailleor | — |
| 5 | Old French | taillier | to cut; to shape |
| 6 | Latin | taliō | punishment equal to the injury sustained; retaliation |
| 7 | Latin | tālis | such |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | tód | demonstrative pronoun; that; it |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | to- | it; that; the, that |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | só | this; that |