Where does “Talg” come from?
Talg (German) comes 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 (German): tallow; suet; sebum
Ancestry of “Talg”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | talg | — |
| 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”