Where does “tung” come from?
tung (Danish) comes from Old Norse þungr, from Proto-Germanic þunguz, from Proto-Indo-European téngʰus.
tung (Danish): heavy
Ancestry of “tung”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | þungr | heavy |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | þunguz | heavy |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | téngʰus | — |