Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/taljaną

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From *talō (“narration, calculation”) +‎ *-janą.^[1] Cognate with Latin dolus (“guile, deception”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtɑl.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*taljaną

to enumerate, count
to account, recount, tell

Inflection

Conjugation of *taljaną (weak class 1)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*taljō	*taljaų	—	*taljai	?
2nd singular	*talisi	*taljais	*tali	*taljasai	*taljaisau
3rd singular	*taliþi	*taljai	*taljaþau	*taljaþai	*taljaiþau
1st dual	*taljōs	*taljaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*taljaþiz	*taljaiþiz	*taljaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*taljamaz	*taljaim	—	*taljanþai	*taljainþau
2nd plural	*taliþ	*taljaiþ	*taliþ	*taljanþai	*taljainþau
3rd plural	*taljanþi	*taljain	*taljanþau	*taljanþai	*taljainþau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*talidǭ	*talidēdį̄
2nd singular	*talidēz	*talidēdīz
3rd singular	*talidē	*talidēdī
1st dual	*talidēdū	*talidēdīw
2nd dual	*talidēdudiz	*talidēdīdiz
1st plural	*talidēdum	*talidēdīm
2nd plural	*talidēdud	*talidēdīd
3rd plural	*talidēdun	*talidēdīn

	present	past
participles	*taljandz	*talidaz

Related terms

*talō

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *talljan
- Old English: tellan
  - Middle English: tellen
    - English: tell
    - Scots: tell
    - Yola: tolth, told (preterite)
- Old Frisian: tella
  - Saterland Frisian: tälle
  - West Frisian: telle
- Old Saxon: tellian
  - Middle Low German: tellen
    - Low German: tellen
- Old Dutch: tellen
  - Middle Dutch: tellen
    - Dutch: tellen
    - Limburgish: tèlle
- Old High German: zellen, zellan
  - Middle High German: zellen, zeln
    - Bavarian: zäihn, zöhln, zöhn
    - Central Franconian: zälle, zähle, zeahle
      - Luxembourgish: zielen
    - Cimbrian: zelan
    - German: zählen
    - Yiddish: ציילן (tseyln)
Old Norse: telja
- Icelandic: telja
- Faroese: telja
- Norwegian Nynorsk: telja
- Old Swedish: tælia
  - Swedish: tälja
- Danish: tælle
  - Norwegian Bokmål: telle

References

^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*tala-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 508: “*taljan-”

[1] Guus Kroonen (2013) “*tala-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 508: “*taljan-”

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