Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/talō

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Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dolH-éh₂ (“reckoning, calculation, fraud”), from the root *delH- (“to reckon, aim, adjust, calculate”). Compare Ancient Greek δόλος (dólos, “trick(ery), deceit; bait”), Hittite talliije/azi (“to pray to, evoke (a deity)”), and Old Armenian տող (toł, “line, row”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

*talō f

  1. narration, report
  2. assessment, judgment
  3. calculation, counting

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *talō (ō-stem)
singular plural
nominative *talō *talôz
vocative *talō *talôz
accusative *talǭ *talōz
genitive *talōz *talǫ̂
dative *talōi *talōmaz
instrumental *talō *talōmiz

Derived terms

Descendants

References

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