Where does “talgoxe” come from?

talgoxe (Swedish) comes 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,...

talgoxe (Swedish): great tit; a bird in the Paridae family

Definitions

  1. great tit; a bird in the Paridae family

Ancestry of “talgoxe”, step by step

talgoxe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish talg

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishtalgtallow
2Old Swedishtalgher—
3Middle Low Germantalch—
4Old Saxontalg—
5Proto-West Germanic*talg—
6Proto-Germanictalgaztallow
7Proto-Indo-Europeandel-to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,...

via Swedish oxe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishoxean ox; a neutered bovine bull, typically used as...
2Old Swedishoxe—
3Old Norseoxiox
4Proto-Germanicuhsôox
5Proto-Indo-Europeanuksḗnbull
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ug-s-ḗn—

Words derived from “talgoxe”

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