Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/talu

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 *talō.

Noun

*talu f[1]

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

Inflection

ō-stem
Singular
Nominative *talu
Genitive *talā
Singular Plural
Nominative *talu *talō
Accusative *talā *talā
Genitive *talā *talō
Dative *talē *talōm, *talum
Instrumental *talu *talōm, *talum

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Old English: talu, tale
    • Middle English: tale, tal, talle, taile, taille (chiefly Northern ME)
      • English: tale
      • Scots: tale
      • Yola: taale
  • Old Frisian: tale, tele
    • Saterland Frisian: Taal
    • West Frisian: taal
  • Old Saxon: tala
  • Old Dutch: tala
  • Old High German: zala

References

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 196:PWGmc *talu