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

Definitions

  1. tallow; suet

Ancestry of “talg”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germantalch—
2Old Saxontalg—
3Proto-West Germanic*talg—
4Proto-Germanictalgaztallow
5Proto-Indo-Europeandel-to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,...

Words derived from “talg”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European del- →Every word from Proto-Germanic talgaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *talg →