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Where does “talch” come from?

talch (Middle Low German) comes 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,...

Ancestry of “talch”, step by step

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

Words derived from “talch”

  • Talgdrüse
  • Talg
  • talg
  • talgklier
  • talgklierfollikel
  • talg
  • talt
  • tælle
  • tæl
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