Where does “Tong” come from?

Tong (Limburgish) comes from Proto-West Germanic tungā, from Proto-Germanic tungǭ, from Proto-Indo-European dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s — tongue.

Tong (Limburgish): tongue

Definitions

  1. tongue

Ancestry of “Tong”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanictungātongue; speech, language
2Proto-Germanictungǭtongue; speech, language
3Proto-Indo-Europeandn̥ǵʰwéh₂stongue
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s →Every word from Proto-Germanic tungǭ →Every word from Proto-West Germanic tungā →