Words that come from Proto-Germanic “tungǭ”

74 words across 36 languages descend from Proto-Germanic tungǭ — including tongue, tung, bluetongue, biltong, tonguelike, beardtongue, oxtongue, tonguester.

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English (19)

German (7)

Dutch (4)

Swedish (3)

Middle English (3)

Old English (3)

Icelandic (2)

Yiddish (2)

Norwegian Bokmål (2)

Norwegian Nynorsk (2)

Afrikaans (2)

West Frisian (1)

Danish (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Old Frisian (1)

Old Danish (1)

Faroese (1)

Old Swedish (1)

Old High German (1)

Westrobothnian (1)

Sranan Tongo (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Vilamovian (1)

Central Franconian (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Middle High German (1)

Saterland Frisian (1)

Old Norse (1)

Scots (1)

Kriol (1)

Tok Pisin (1)

Torres Strait Creole (1)

Old Saxon (1)

Plautdietsch (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)

Middle Low German (1)