Where does “talg” come from?

talg (Dutch) comes from German talg, from Middle Low German talg, 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 (Dutch): sebum; skin fat; tallow

Definitions

  1. sebum; skin fat; tallow

Ancestry of “talg”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germantalgtallow
2Middle Low Germantalg—
3Old Saxontalg—
4Proto-West Germanic*talg—
5Proto-Germanictalgaztallow
6Proto-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 →