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As an aside, the taler (or thaler) is an old German-and-surrounding-regions coin that’s the root etymology for the word “dollar”.
by robin_reala 3y ago
As an aside, the taler (or thaler) is an old German-and-surrounding-regions coin that’s the root etymology for the word “dollar”.
- im3w1l 3y agoAnd the word thaler is a shortened version of Joachimsthaler. Joachimsthal was the place where the silver for the coins was mined. And the second part of that, thal, is cognate with English dale.
- krolley 3y agoVery interesting! Dale is anachronistic in English by now I guess. I've only read it literarily as in "over hill and dale" and otherwise thought of Tal as valley in German.
- nullnix 3y agoIt's certainly not anachronistic in England in place names, nor as a name for a type of (water- or glacier-carved) landform.
- alentred 3y agoHa. I thought that "taler" is a wordplay for "teller" (like a bank teller).