Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/talōną

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

Equivalent to *talō (“narration, calculation”) +‎ *-ōną (“denominative verbal suffix”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtɑ.lɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*talōną^[2]

to tell, speak, recount
to count, to reckon

Inflection

Conjugation of (weak class 2)
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*talō	*talǭ	—	*talōi	?
2nd singular	*talōsi	*talōs	*talō	*talōsai	*talōsau
3rd singular	*talōþi	*talō	*talōþau	*talōþai	*talōþau
1st dual	*talōs	*talōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*talōþiz	*talōþiz	*talōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*talōmaz	*talōm	—	*talōnþai	*talōnþau
2nd plural	*talōþ	*talōþ	*talōþ	*talōnþai	*talōnþau
3rd plural	*talōnþi	*talōn	*talōnþau	*talōnþai	*talōnþau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*talōdǭ	*talōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*talōdēz	*talōdēdīz
3rd singular	*talōdē	*talōdēdī
1st dual	*talōdēdū	*talōdēdīw
2nd dual	*talōdēdudiz	*talōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*talōdēdum	*talōdēdīm
2nd plural	*talōdēdud	*talōdēdīd
3rd plural	*talōdēdun	*talōdēdīn

	present	past
participles	*talōndz	*talōdaz

Related terms

*taljaną

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *talōn
- Old English: talian
  - Middle English: talien, talen
    - English: tale
    - Scots: tale, tail
- Old Frisian: talia
- Old Saxon: talōn
  - Middle Low German: talen
- Old Dutch: *talon
  - Middle Dutch: talen
    - Dutch: talen
    - Limburgish: tale
- Old High German: zalōn
  - Middle High German: zalen
    - Bavarian:
      Cimbrian: zaln
      Mòcheno: zoln
    - German: zahlen
Old Norse: tala
- Icelandic: tala
- Faroese: tala
- Norwegian Nynorsk: tala, tale
- Norwegian Bokmål: tale
- Old Swedish: tala
  - Swedish: tala
- Danish: tale
- Gutnish: talä
- Jamtish: tæla

References

^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*talōjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 508
^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*talōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 400

[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*talōjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 508

[2] Vladimir Orel (2003) “*talōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 400

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