Where does “talg” come from?
talg (Danish) comes from Middle Low German talch, from Old Saxon talg, from Proto-West Germanic *talg, from Proto-Germanic talgaz, from Proto-Indo-European del- — to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,...
talg (Danish): tallow; suet
Ancestry of “talg”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | talch | — |
| 2 | Old Saxon | talg | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *talg | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | talgaz | tallow |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | del- | to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,... |
Words derived from “talg”