Английский Этимологический словарь - till (prep.)

- "until," O.E. til (Northumbrian), from O.N. til "to, until," from P.Gmc. *tilan. A common preposition in Scand., probably originally the accusative case of a noun now lost except for Icelandic tili "scope," the noun used to express aim, direction, purpose (e.g. aldrtili "death," lit. "end of life").