Where does “tunga” come from?
tunga (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse tunga, from Proto-Germanic tungǭ, from Proto-Indo-European dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s — tongue.
tunga (Icelandic): a tongue; language; the tongue of a shoe
Definitions
- a tongue; language; the tongue of a shoe
Ancestry of “tunga”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | tunga | tongue |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | tungǭ | tongue; speech, language |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s | tongue |
Words derived from “tunga”