Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/tolnu

This Proto-West 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.

Uncertain. Possibly derived from Proto-Germanic *tullaz (“that which is counted, reckoning”), from Proto-Indo-European *dol- (“calculation”). Alternatively, a borrowing from from Medieval Latin toloneum, from Latin telōnēum (“toll booth, custom house”); this latter scenario is preferred by Pfeifer, as it may serve as the origin for both *tolnu and the traditionally-conflated Proto-West Germanic *toll in a simpler manner.^[1]

*tolnu f

1. toll

• *toll

Note: Most daughter languages conflated the descendants of *tolnu and *toll.

• Old English: toln
  • Middle English: toln, tolne
    • English: tolne (obsolete)
    • Scots: tolne, tholone, tholonie
• Old Frisian: tolne, tolene
  • Saterland Frisian: Tol m
  • West Frisian: tol m or f
• Old Saxon: tolna; toln m
  • Middle Low German: toln, tolne, tollen, tolen, tolent, tollent m
• Old Dutch: *tolna
  • Middle Dutch: tolne, toolne, toelne
• Old High German: *zolna; *zoln m
  • Middle High German: zoln m; zol m or f