Roots / *del-
del- “to count, recount, tell” Widely accepted speech number
Source of English tell, tale, talk, German zählen
At a Glance
Reconstruction del- Meaning “to count, recount, tell” Confidence Widely accepted Semantic field speech, number Root for counting and telling, yielding English tell, tale, talk and German zählen (to count).
bʰeh₁-mn̥ “utterance, speech” déḱm̥ “ten, a decade” délh₁- “to recount, to count, to tell” deyḱ-₂ “to show, point out, pronounce solemnly” gerh₂-₂ “to cry, call out” ǵhel-₂ “to call, cry, shout” gʰh₁ew- “to call, invoke” ǵhwer- “to sound, resound” related entry