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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

  1. a tongue; language; the tongue of a shoe

Ancestry of “tunga”, step by step

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

Words derived from “tunga”

  • tungumál
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s →