Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/talljan

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.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *taljaną. Equivalent to *tal (“number, amount”) +‎ *-jan.

Verb

*talljan^[1]

to count, to enumerate
to recount, to tell

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive	*talljan
1st sg. past	*taldā
Infinitive	*talljan
Genitive infin.	*talljannjas
Dative infin.	*talljannjē
Instrum. infin.	*talljannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*tallju	*taldā
2nd singular	*talisi	taldēs, taldōs
3rd singular	*taliþi	taldē, taldā
1st plural	*talljum	*taldum
2nd plural	*taliþ	*taldud
3rd plural	*talljanþ	*taldun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*talljē	*taldī
2nd singular	*talljēs	*taldī
3rd singular	*talljē	*taldī
1st plural	*talljēm	*taldīm
2nd plural	*talljēþ	*taldīd
3rd plural	*talljēn	*taldīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*tali
Plural	*taliþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*talljandī	*tald

Descendants

Old English: tellan
- Middle English: tellen
  - English: tell
  - Scots: tell
  - Yola: tolth, told (preterite)
Old Frisian: tella
- Saterland Frisian: tälle
- West Frisian: telle
Old Saxon: tellian, tallian
- Middle Low German: tellen
  - Low German: tellen
Old Dutch: tellen
- Middle Dutch: tellen
  - Dutch: tellen
  - Limburgish: tèlle
Old High German: zellen, zellan
- Middle High German: zellen, zeln
  - Bavarian: zäihn, zöhln, zöhn
  - Central Franconian: zälle, zähle, zeahle
    - Luxembourgish: zielen
  - Cimbrian: zelan
  - German: zählen
  - Yiddish: ציילן (tseyln)

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 238: “PWGmc *talʲlʲan”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 238: “PWGmc *talʲlʲan”

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