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. 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

• *talōn

Related terms

• *tal
• *talljan

Descendants

• Old English: talu
  • Middle English: tale, tal, talle, taile, taille (chiefly Northern ME)
    • English: tale
    • Scots: tale
    • Yola: taale
• Old Frisian: tale, tele
  • Saterland Frisian: Taal
  • West Frisian: taal
• Old Saxon: tala
  • Middle Low German: tāle, tal
    • German Low German: Tahl, Tall
• Old Dutch: *tala
  • Middle Dutch: tāle
    • Dutch: taal
      • Afrikaans: taal
    • West Flemish: toale
• Old High German: zala
  • Middle High German: zale
    • German: Zahl
    • Hunsrik: Zaal
    • Luxembourgish: Zuel
    • Vilamovian: caoł
    • Yiddish: צאָל (tsol)