tolter

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*del-
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*taltrōną
3. Old English · inherited fromtealtrian“to totter, vacillate”
4. Middle English · inherited from*tolteren
5. English todaytolter

From Middle English *tolteren, from Old English tealtrian (“to totter, vacillate”), from Proto-Germanic *taltrōną, *taltōną (“to sway, dangle, hesitate”), from Proto-Indo-European *del-, *dul- (“to shake, hesitate”). Doublet of totter.

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