Where does “talg” come from?

talg (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 “talg”, 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 “talg

Every word from Proto-Indo-European del-Every word from Proto-Germanic talgazEvery word from Proto-West Germanic *talg