taalken

Low German

Etymology

From unclear origin, maybe from Old Saxon *talkōn (to talk, chat), from Proto-Germanic *talkōną (to talk, chatter), frequentative form of *talōną (to count, recount, tell), from Proto-Indo-European *dol-, *del- (to aim, calculate, adjust, count). Cognate with English talk, West Frisian talken.

Verb

taalken (past taalk, past participle taalkt, auxiliary verb hebben)

  1. to chatter, talk, gossip

Conjugation

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