Proto-Indo-European

*dol-

‘calculation, fraud’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *dol-.

3 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *dol-, most familiar first.

• tell ← tellen ← tellan ← *talljan ← *taljaną
• talk ← talken ← *tealcian ← *talkōn ← *talkōną
• tall ← *tæl ← *talaz

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dol-