Where does “tung” come from?

tung (Scots) comes from Old English tunge, from Proto-West Germanic tungā, from Proto-Germanic tungǭ, from Proto-Indo-European dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s — tongue.

tung (Scots): tongue

Definitions

  1. tongue

Ancestry of “tung”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishtungea tongue; a language
2Proto-West Germanictungātongue; speech, language
3Proto-Germanictungǭtongue; speech, language
4Proto-Indo-Europeandn̥ǵʰwéh₂stongue
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s →Every word from Proto-Germanic tungǭ →Every word from Proto-West Germanic tungā →