*talō

Runic: ᛏᚨᛚᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈtɑ.lɔː/

noun · feminine · ō-stem

Meanings

narration, report
assessment, judgment
calculation, counting

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dolH-éh₂ (‘reckoning, calculation, fraud’), from the root *delH- (‘to reckon, aim, adjust, calculate’). Compare 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.	talō	talôz
Acc.	talǭ	talōz
Gen.	talōz	talǫ̂
Dat.	talōi	talōmaz
Inst.	talō	talōmiz
Voc.	talō	talôz

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Descendants

*talu (Proto-West Germanic)
- tala (Old Dutch)
  - tāle (Middle Dutch)
    - toale (West Flemish)
*talu (Proto-West Germanic)
- tala (Old Dutch)
  - tāle (Middle Dutch)
    - taal (Dutch)
      - taal (Afrikaans)
*talu (Proto-West Germanic)
- talu, tale (Old English)
  - tale, tal, talle, taile, taille (Middle English)
    - tale (English)
    - tale (Scots)
    - taale (Yola)
*talu (Proto-West Germanic)
- tale, tele (Old Frisian)
  - Taal (Saterland Frisian)
  - taal (West Frisian)
*talu (Proto-West Germanic)
- zala (Old High German)
  - zāle (Middle High German)
    - Zahl, Zale, Zal, Zahle (German)
    - Zaal (Hunsrik)
    - Zuel (Luxembourgish)
    - caoł (Vilamovian)
    - צאָל (tsol) (Yiddish)
*talu (Proto-West Germanic)
- tala (Old Saxon)
  - tāle (Middle Low German)
    - Tahl (Low German)
      - Tahl, Tohl, Tall, Taal (German Low German)
tala (Old Norse)
- tale (Danish)
- tala (Faroese)
- tala (Icelandic)
- tale (Norwegian)
tala (Old Norse)
- tala (Old Swedish)
  - tala (Swedish)

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