tellen
Middle Low German
/tellən/, /tɛllən/
verb
Definitions
- to count, to tell
Etymology
Inherited from Old Saxon tellian inherited from Proto-Germanic *taljaną (count, tell).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*taljaną
Gloss
count, tell
Concept
Semantic Field
Modern world
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
告
Emoji
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
- told English
- untell English
- aftellen Dutch, Flemish
- bijtellen Dutch, Flemish
- optellen Dutch, Flemish
- stappenteller Dutch, Flemish
- telbaar Dutch, Flemish
- tellen Dutch, Flemish
- teller Dutch, Flemish
- telling Dutch, Flemish
- telwoord Dutch, Flemish
- vertellen Dutch, Flemish
- fortelle Norwegian Bokmål
- *talid- Proto-Germanic
- *taljaną Proto-Germanic
- *talą Proto-Germanic
- fortelja Norwegian Nynorsk
- tellan Old English
- tellen Middle English
- telja Old Norse
- tellen Middle Dutch
- zellen Old High German
- tel Afrikaans
- *talljan gmw-pro
- tellen Old Dutch
- vortellen Middle Low German
- tellian Old Saxon
- fortælia Old Swedish
- tella Old Frisian
- tellen Low German
- teri Sranan Tongo