told
English
/təʊld/, /toʊld/
verb form
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English tolde inherited from Old English tealde derived from Proto-Germanic *talid-, *taljaną (count, tell) suffix from English tell.
Origin
English
tell
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- betell English
- foretell English
- forthtell English
- leeftail English
- mistell English
- outtell English
- overtell English
- pentel English
- pretell English
- retell English
- talk English
- tell English
- tell-troth English
- tell-truth English
- tell-worthy English
- tellable English
- tellee English
- teller English
- tellest English
- telleth English
- telltale English
- telt English
- toldest English
- untell English
- *talid- Proto-Germanic
- *taljaną Proto-Germanic
- *talą Proto-Germanic
- tealde Old English
- tellan Old English
- tellen Middle English
- tolde Middle English
- telja Old Norse
- zellen Old High German
- *talljan gmw-pro
- tellen Old Dutch
- tellian Old Saxon
- tella Old Frisian