Where does “Talgdrüse” come from?

Talgdrüse (German) 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,...

Talgdrüse (German): sebaceous gland

Definitions

  1. sebaceous gland

Ancestry of “Talgdrüse”, step by step

Talgdrüse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German talg

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germantalgtallow
2Middle Low Germantalg—
3Old Saxontalg—
4Proto-West Germanic*talg—
5Proto-Germanictalgaztallow
6Proto-Indo-Europeandel-to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,...

via German Drüse

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanDrüsegland; swelling, boil
2Arabicدُرُوز—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European del- →Every word from Proto-Germanic talgaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *talg →
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