English
dollared
Dollared comes from German Tal ‘valley’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *dalą.
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*dalą1‘valley, dale’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*dal1‘valley, dale’reconstructed
- Old High Germanc. 750–1050tal1‘valley’
- Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350tal1
- Germanc. 1650–presentTal1‘valley’
- Germanc. 1650–presentTaler1
- Middle Low Germanc. 1200–1600dāler1
- Dutchc. 1500–presentdaler1
- English1500–presentdollar1
- Englishtodaydollared1
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, English dollared
Lineage
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*daląWiktionary, English dollared‘valley, dale’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*dalWiktionary, English dollared‘valley, dale’reconstructed
- Old High Germanc. 750–1050talWiktionary, English dollared‘valley’
- Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350talWiktionary, English dollared
- Germanc. 1650–presentTalWiktionary, English dollared‘valley’
- Germanc. 1650–presentTalerWiktionary, English dollared
- Middle Low Germanc. 1200–1600dālerWiktionary, English dollared
- Dutchc. 1500–presentdalerWiktionary, English dollared
- English1500–presentdollarWiktionary, English dollared
- EnglishtodaydollaredWiktionary, English dollared
A compound of dollar + -ed
Proto-Germanic *dalą ‘valley’
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German Joachimsthaler ‘coin of (Sankt) Joachimsthal’
German Taler ‘thaler (coin)’
Middle Low German dāler
Dutch daalder ‘thaler’
English dollar
Linked words
through Proto-Germanic *dalą ‘valley, dale’
through Proto-West Germanic *dal ‘valley, dale’
through German Taler
through English dollar
Today it means
adj Possessing many dollars; wealthy.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “dollared”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *dalą / dollared