English
thoil
Thoil comes from Old English þolian ‘to bear’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *telh₂-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*telh₂-‘to bear, to undergo, to endure’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*þulāną‘to bear, to endure’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*þolēn‘to bear, to endure’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150þolian‘to bear’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500tholen
- Englishearliest quotation 1996thoil
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*telh₂-‘to bear, to undergo, to endure’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*þulāną‘to bear, to endure’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*þolēn‘to bear, to endure’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150þolian‘to bear’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500tholen
- Englishearliest quotation 1996thoil
Earliest quotation: 1996, Transactions of the Yorkshire Dialect So: “But yon poor widder-woman, strugglin' along on a bit…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- ‘to bear, to undergo, to endure’
talent, toll, tolerance, tolerate, atlas, tolerant, intolerable, tolerable, toleration, extol, tellurium, 16 more
Today it means
verb To be able to justify the expense of.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- / thoil