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Where does “tunga” come from?

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

tunga (Old Norse): tongue

Definitions

  1. tongue

Ancestry of “tunga”, step by step

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

Words derived from “tunga”

  • tungomål
  • växeltunga
  • tunga
  • tunge
  • tungetale
  • tunge
  • tungetale
  • tunge
  • tunga
  • tungumál
  • tunga
  • tōng
  • tunga
  • tungæ
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