Where does “talg” come from?

talg (Swedish) comes 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,...

talg (Swedish): tallow

Definitions

  1. tallow

Ancestry of “talg”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Swedishtalgher—
2Middle Low Germantalch—
3Old Saxontalg—
4Proto-West Germanic*talg—
5Proto-Germanictalgaztallow
6Proto-Indo-Europeandel-to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,...

Words derived from “talg”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European del- →Every word from Proto-Germanic talgaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *talg →