From Proto-West Germanic *tālī (adjective), from Proto-Germanic *tēlijaz, from *tēlō (“deception, ruse, persecution”), from Proto-Indo-European *del- (“to aim, calculate, number, adjust, account”), equivalent to tāl + -e.
*tǣle
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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Nominative | *tǣle | *tǣlu, *tǣlo | *tǣle |
Accusative | *tǣlne | *tǣle | *tǣle |
Genitive | *tǣles | *tǣlre | *tǣles |
Dative | *tǣlum | *tǣlre | *tǣlum |
Instrumental | *tǣle | *tǣlre | *tǣle |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | *tǣle | *tǣla, *tǣle | *tǣlu, *tǣlo |
Accusative | *tǣle | *tǣla, *tǣle | *tǣlu, *tǣlo |
Genitive | *tǣlra | *tǣlra | *tǣlra |
Dative | *tǣlum | *tǣlum | *tǣlum |
Instrumental | *tǣlum | *tǣlum | *tǣlum |