Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/tolnu

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly derived from Proto-Germanic *tullaz (“that which is counted, reckoning”), from Proto-Indo-European *dol- (“calculation”). Alternatively, a borrowing from from Medieval Latin toloneum, from Latin telōnēum (“toll booth, custom house”); this latter scenario is preferred by Pfeifer, as it may serve as the origin for both *tolnu and the traditionally-conflated Proto-West Germanic *toll in a simpler manner.

Noun

*tolnu f

1. toll

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*tolnu
Genitive	*tolnā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*tolnu	*tolnō
Accusative	*tolnā	*tolnā
Genitive	*tolnā	*tolnō
Dative	*tolnē	*tolnōm, *tolnum
Instrumental	*tolnu	*tolnōm, *tolnum

Related terms

• *toll

Descendants

Note: Most daughter languages conflated the descendants of *tolnu and *toll.

• Old English: toln
  • Middle English: toln, tolne
    • English: tolne (obsolete)
    • Scots: tolne, tholone, tholonie
• Old Frisian: tolne, tolene
  • Saterland Frisian: Tol m
  • West Frisian: tol m or f
• Old Saxon: tolna; toln m
  • Middle Low German: toln, tolne, tollen, tolen, tolent, tollent m
• Old Dutch: *tolna
  • Middle Dutch: tolne, toolne, toelne
• Old High German: *zolna; *zoln m
  • Middle High German: zoln m; zol m or f