Where does “tunge” come from?

tunge (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic tungā, from Proto-Germanic tungǭ, from Proto-Indo-European dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s — tongue.

tunge (Old English): a tongue; a language

Definitions

  1. a tongue; a language

Ancestry of “tunge”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanictungātongue; speech, language
2Proto-Germanictungǭtongue; speech, language
3Proto-Indo-Europeandn̥ǵʰwéh₂stongue

Words derived from “tunge”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s →Every word from Proto-Germanic tungǭ →Every word from Proto-West Germanic tungā →
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