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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/teils

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teils, adverb, ‘partly,’ first used as an adverb in Modern High German. — The Modern High German suffix -tel in Drittel, Viertel, &c., is based upon Middle High German teil (dritteil, vierteil, &c.; see also Urtel from Urteil).