Where does “grå talgoxe” come from?

grå talgoxe (Swedish) comes from Swedish talgoxe, from Swedish talg, from Old Swedish talgher, from Middle Low German talch, from Old Saxon talg, from Proto-West Germanic *talg, from Proto-Germanic talgaz, from Proto-Indo-European del- — to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,...

grå talgoxe (Swedish): a cinereous tit

Definitions

  1. a cinereous tit

Ancestry of “grå talgoxe”, step by step

grå talgoxe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish talgoxe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishtalgoxegreat tit; a bird in the Paridae family
2Swedishtalgtallow
3Old Swedishtalgher—
4Middle Low Germantalch—
5Old Saxontalg—
6Proto-West Germanic*talg—
7Proto-Germanictalgaztallow
8Proto-Indo-Europeandel-to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,...

via Swedish grå

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishgrågrey; boring, dull; with a boring appearance
2Old Norsegrárgrey; spiteful
3Proto-Germanicgrēwazgrey
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰreh₁-to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European del- →Every word from Proto-Germanic talgaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *talg →
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