*talą

Runic: ᛏᚨᛚᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈtɑ.lɑ̃/

noun · neuter · a-stem

Meanings

speech
number

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dolH-o-, from the root *delH- (‘to reckon, calculate’). Compare *talō, *talkōną, Ancient Greek δόλος (dólos, ‘trick(ery), deceit; bait’), Hittite talliije/azi (‘to pray to, evoke (a deity)’), and Old Armenian տող (toł, ‘line, row’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	talą	talō
Acc.	talą	talō
Gen.	talas, talis	talǫ̂
Dat.	talai	talamaz
Inst.	talō	talamiz
Voc.	talą	talō

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Descendants

*tal (Proto-West Germanic)
- tæl (Old English)
*tal (Proto-West Germanic)
- *tal (Old Dutch)
  - tal (Middle Dutch)
    - tal (Dutch)
      - tal (Afrikaans)
tal (Old Norse)
- tal (Faroese)
- tal (Icelandic)
- tal (Norwegian Nynorsk)
tal (Old Norse)
- tal (Danish)
  - tall (Norwegian Bokmål)
tal (Old Norse)
- tal (Old Swedish)
  - tal (Swedish)

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