Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/talą

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dolH-o-, from the root *del- (“to reckon, calculate”). Compare *talō, *talkōną, Ancient Greek δόλος (dólos, “trick(ery), deceit; bait”), Hittite talliije/azi (“to pray to, evoke (a deity)”), and Old Armenian տող (toł, “line, row”).

Noun

*talą n

1. speech
2. number

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *talą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*talą	*talō
vocative	*talą	*talō
accusative	*talą	*talō
genitive	*talas, *talis	*talǫ̂
dative	*talai	*talamaz
instrumental	*talō	*talamiz

Derived terms

• *taljaną
• *talōną
• *gatalą

Related terms

• *talō

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *tal
  • Old English: tæl
  • Old Dutch: *tal
    • Middle Dutch: tal
      • Dutch: tal
• Old Norse: tal
  • Icelandic: tal
  • Faroese: tal
  • Old Swedish: tal
    • Swedish: tal
  • Danish: tal
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tall

References

• Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*tala-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 508