Where does “tengae” come from?

tengae (Old Irish) comes from Proto-Celtic tangʷāt-, from Proto-Indo-European dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s — tongue.

tengae (Old Irish): tongue; language

Definitions

  1. tongue; language

Ancestry of “tengae”, step by step

tengae traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Celtic tangʷāt-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celtictangʷāt-—
2Proto-Indo-Europeandn̥ǵʰwéh₂stongue

via Proto-Celtic tangʷāss

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celtictangʷāsstongue

Words derived from “tengae”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s →Every word from Proto-Celtic tangʷāt- →