Where does “tangā” come from?

tangā (Proto-Albanian) comes from Proto-Indo-European tengʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.

tangā (Proto-Albanian): thick forest

Definitions

  1. thick forest

Ancestry of “tangā”, step by step

tangā traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European tengʰ-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeantengʰ-to pull; to be heavy, difficult
2Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend

via Proto-Slavic tǫga

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavictǫgasadness, melancholy

Words derived from “tangā”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ten- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tengʰ- →
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