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)
        • 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