telja
Icelandic
/ˈtʰɛlja/
verb-weak
Definitions
- (ambitransitive) to count
- (ambitransitive) to believe, think
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse telja (count) derived 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
- telle Norwegian Bokmål
- *talid- Proto-Germanic
- *taljaną Proto-Germanic
- *talą Proto-Germanic
- telja Norwegian Nynorsk
- telje Norwegian Nynorsk
- tellan Old English
- telja Old Norse
- teljari Icelandic
- zellen Old High German
- telja Faroese
- *talljan gmw-pro
- tellen Old Dutch
- tellian Old Saxon
- tælia Old Swedish
- teli Westrobothnian
- tella Old Frisian