Where does “tunga” come from?

tunga (Faroese) comes from Old Norse tunga, from Proto-Germanic tungǭ, from Proto-Indo-European dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s — tongue.

tunga (Faroese): tongue; mother tongue, language; tongue of land...

Definitions

  1. tongue; mother tongue, language; tongue of land...

Ancestry of “tunga”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsetungatongue
2Proto-Germanictungǭtongue; speech, language
3Proto-Indo-Europeandn̥ǵʰwéh₂stongue

Words derived from “tunga”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s →Every word from Proto-Germanic tungǭ →Every word from Old Norse tunga →