Where does “Tung” come from?
Tung (Plautdietsch) comes from Middle Low German tunge, from Old Saxon tunga, from Proto-West Germanic tungā, from Proto-Germanic tungǭ, from Proto-Indo-European dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s — tongue.
Tung (Plautdietsch): tongue
Definitions
- tongue
Ancestry of “Tung”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | tunge | — |
| 2 | Old Saxon | tunga | tongue; language |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | tungā | tongue; speech, language |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | tungǭ | tongue; speech, language |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s | tongue |