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.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

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]

Noun

*tolnu f

  1. toll

Inflection

ō-stem
Singular
Nominative *tolnu
Genitive *tolnā
Singular Plural
Nominative *tolnu *tolnō
Accusative *tolnā *tolnā
Genitive *tolnā *tolnō
Dative *tolnē *tolnōm, *tolnum
Instrumental *tolnu *tolnōm, *tolnum
  • *toll

Descendants

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
  • Old Dutch: *tolna
    • Middle Dutch: tolne, toolne, toelne
  • Old High German: *zolna; *zoln m
    • Middle High German: zoln m; zol m or f

References

  1. ^ “Zoll#2” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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