Where does “teli” come from?
teli (Welsh) comes from English telly, from English tell, from Middle English tellen, from Old English tellan, from Proto-West Germanic talljan, from Proto-Germanic taljaną, from Proto-Germanic talą, from Proto-Indo-European dol- — to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,...
teli (Welsh): telly, TV; second-person singular present/future...
Definitions
- telly, TV; second-person singular present/future...
Ancestry of “teli”, step by step
teli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English telly
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | telly | Television; A television set; A hotel or motel |
| 2 | English | tell | To count, reckon, or enumerate; To narrate; To... |
| 3 | Middle English | tellen | to count; to tell |
| 4 | Old English | tellan | to count, calculate; to tell, narrate, recount;... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | talljan | to count, to enumerate; to recount, to tell |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | taljaną | to enumerate, count; to account, recount, tell |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | talą | speech; number |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dol- | reckoning, calculation, fraud; calculation, fraud |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | del- | to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,... |