Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “tong-”

125 words across 34 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European tong- — including thank, thanks, ta, Thanksgiving, thanksgiving, 10x, taa, thankworthy.

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English (25)

German (12)

Middle English (11)

Dutch (6)

Icelandic (6)

Old High German (5)

Old English (5)

Swedish (4)

Faroese (4)

Norwegian Bokmål (4)

Middle Dutch (3)

Esperanto (3)

Polish (3)

Saterland Frisian (3)

Proto-Germanic (3)

Danish (2)

Old Dutch (2)

Hunsrik (2)

Old Frisian (2)

Czech (2)

Old Norse (2)

Norwegian Nynorsk (2)

Tok Pisin (2)

Middle High German (2)

Old Swedish (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Chinese (1)

Japanese (1)

Slovak (1)

Yiddish (1)

Gothic (1)

Finnish (1)

Scots (1)

Old Saxon (1)