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Where does “tealh” come from?

tealh (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic talgaz, from Proto-Indo-European del- — to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,...

Ancestry of “tealh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanictalgaztallow
2Proto-Indo-Europeandel-to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,...

Words derived from “tealh”

  • tallow
  • tallowy
  • tallowing
  • tallowiness
  • tallowwood
  • tallowish
  • tallower
  • sodium tallowate
  • tallowless
  • betallow
  • taluȝ
  • talwe
  • talgh
  • talugh
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