Words that come from Proto-Germanic tungǭ

166 words across 42 languages descend from Proto-Germanic tungǭ — including tongue, tongs, tongued, tung, tong, bluetongue, biltong, tonguey.

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English (55)

German (28)

Swedish (13)

Dutch (12)

Middle English (5)

Icelandic (4)

Old English (4)

Danish (3)

Japanese (3)

Afrikaans (3)

Sranan Tongo (2)

Yiddish (2)

Norwegian Bokmål (2)

Norwegian Nynorsk (2)

West Frisian (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Old Frisian (1)

Old Danish (1)

Faroese (1)

Old Swedish (1)

Old High German (1)

Westrobothnian (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)

Torres Strait Creole (1)

Old Saxon (1)

Plautdietsch (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)

Middle Low German (1)

Indonesian (1)

Australian Kriol (1)

West Flemish (1)

Limburgish (1)

Low German (1)

Pichinglis (1)