Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/talōną

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

Equivalent to *talō (“narration, calculation”) +‎ *-ōną (“denominative verbal suffix”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑ.lɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*talōną

1. to tell, speak, recount
2. to count, to reckon

Inflection

Conjugation of *talōną (weak class 2)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*talō	*talǭ	—	*talōi	?
2nd singular	*talōsi	*talōs	*talō	*talōsai	*talōsau
3rd singular	*talōþi	*talō	*talōþau	*talōþai	*talōþau
1st dual	*talōs	*talōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*talōþiz	*talōþiz	*talōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*talōmaz	*talōm	—	*talōnþai	*talōnþau
2nd plural	*talōþ	*talōþ	*talōþ	*talōnþai	*talōnþau
3rd plural	*talōnþi	*talōn	*talōnþau	*talōnþai	*talōnþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*talōdǭ	*talōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*talōdēz	*talōdēdīz
3rd singular	*talōdē	*talōdēdī
1st dual	*talōdēdū	*talōdēdīw
2nd dual	*talōdēdudiz	*talōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*talōdēdum	*talōdēdīm
2nd plural	*talōdēdud	*talōdēdīd
3rd plural	*talōdēdun	*talōdēdīn
	present	past
participles	*talōndz	*talōdaz

Related terms

• *taljaną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *talōn
  • Old English: talian
    • Middle English: talien, talen
      • English: tale
      • Scots: tale, tail
  • Old Frisian: talia
  • Old Saxon: talōn
    • Middle Low German: talen
  • Old Dutch: *talon
    • Middle Dutch: talen
      • Dutch: talen
      • Limburgish: tale
  • Old High German: zalōn
    • Middle High German: zalen
      • Bavarian:

        Cimbrian: zaln

        Mòcheno: zoln

      • German: zahlen
• Old Norse: tala
  • Icelandic: tala
  • Faroese: tala
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tala, tale
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tale
  • Old Swedish: tala
    • Swedish: tala
  • Danish: tale
  • Gutnish: talä
  • Jamtish: tæla