Proto-Indo-European
*dol-
‘calculation, fraud’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *dol-.
3 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *dol-, most familiar first.
- tell ← tellen ← tellan ← *talljan ← *taljaną
- talk ← talken ← *tealcian ← *talkōn ← *talkōną
- tall ← *tæl ← *talaz
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Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dol-