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
- great tit; a bird in the Paridae family
Ancestry of “talgoxe”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Swedish | talg | tallow |
| 2 | Old Swedish | talgher | — |
| 3 | Middle Low German | talch | — |
| 4 | Old Saxon | talg | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *talg | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | talgaz | tallow |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | del- | to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,... |