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Where does “tunge” come from?

tunge (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse tunga, from Proto-Germanic tungǭ, from Proto-Indo-European dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s — tongue.

tunge (Norwegian Bokmål): definite singular of tung; plural of tung; a...

Definitions

  1. definite singular of tung; plural of tung; a...

Ancestry of “tunge”, step by step

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

Words derived from “tunge”

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