Proto-Germanic
*talō
‘narration, calculation’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *talō.
6 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *talō, most familiar first.
- told ← tolde ← tealde ← *talid- ← *taljaną
- tale ← talu ← *talu
- untold ← unteald ← tellan ← *talljan ← *taljaną
- telt ← tellen ← tellan ← *talljan ← *taljaną
- tellen ← tellan ← *talljan ← *taljaną
- betell ← betellen ← betellan ← tellan ← *talljan
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Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *talō