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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/taljaną
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *del-, *dol- (“to aim, calculate, adjust”). Equivalent to *talō (“narration, calculation”) + *-janą. 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)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 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 (preterite)
- Middle English: tellen
- Old Frisian: tella
- Saterland Frisian: tälle
- West Frisian: telle
- Old Saxon: tellian
- Middle Low German: tellen
- Low German: tellen
- Middle Low German: tellen
- Old Dutch: tellen
- Middle Dutch: tellen
- Dutch: tellen
- Limburgish: tèlle
- Middle Dutch: tellen
- Old High German: zellen, zellan
- Middle High German: zellen, zeln
- Central Franconian: zälle, zähle, zeahle
- Luxembourgish: zielen
- Cimbrian: zelan
- German: zählen
- Yiddish: ציילן (tseyln)
- Central Franconian: zälle, zähle, zeahle
- Middle High German: zellen, zeln
- Old English: tellan
- Old Norse: telja
- Icelandic: telja
- Faroese: telja
- Norwegian Nynorsk: telja
- Westrobothnian: teli
- Old Swedish: tælia
- Swedish: tälja
- Danish: tælle
- Norwegian Bokmål: telle