Where does “talog” come from?

talog (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Welsh tâl, from English tall, from Middle English tall, from Old English tæl, from Proto-Germanic talaz, from Ottoman Turkish طالاز, from Old Anatolian Turkish طلز, from Greek θάλασσα — sea; the Mediterranean Sea; channel.

talog (Serbo-Croatian): sediment

Definitions

  1. sediment

Ancestry of “talog”, step by step

talog traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Welsh tâl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Welshtâlpayment, fee; third-person singular...
2EnglishtallHaving a vertical extent greater than the...
3Middle Englishtall
4Old Englishtælevil-speaking, calumny, disparagement, slander
5Proto-Germanictalazpliable, bendsome; submissive, hearsome, quick to...
6Ottoman Turkishطالازbillow, breaker, any large and foaming wave or undulating mass of water
7Old Anatolian Turkishطلزhurricane, storm
8Greekθάλασσαsea; storm
9Ancient Greekθάλασσαsea; the Mediterranean Sea; channel

via Serbo-Croatian taliti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatiantalitito melt
2Proto-Slavictaliti
Every word from Ancient Greek θάλασσα