Where does “tunga” come from?

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

tunga (Old Saxon): tongue; language

Definitions

  1. tongue; language

Ancestry of “tunga”, step by step

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

Words derived from “tunga”

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