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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/talgaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dolgʰos (“fat”).[1] This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtɑl.ɣɑz/

Noun

*talgaz m

  1. tallow

Inflection
masculine a-stemDeclension of *talgaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *talgaz *talgōz, *talgōs
vocative *talg *talgōz, *talgōs
accusative *talgą *talganz
genitive *talgas, *talgis *talgǫ̂
dative *talgai *talgamaz
instrumental *talgō *talgamiz

Derived terms
  • *talgijaną

Descendants
  • Old English: tælg, *tealg, *tealh
    • Middle English: talȝ, taluȝ, talowȝ, talgh, talwe
      • Scots: talch, tallowe, tallon, talloun, tauch
      • English: tallow
  • Old Frisian: *talch, *talk
  • Old Saxon: *talg
    • Middle Low German: talch
      • German Low German: Talg
      • → German: Talg
        • → Dutch: talg (until 17th c.; modern form chiefly from German)
      • → Old Norse: talg, talk n (*tǫlg, tolgr, tolg f)
        • Old Icelandic: (tólgr, tólg)
        • Faroese: tálg f
        • Norwegian: talg (tolg f)
        • Old Swedish: talgher m
        • Danish: talg
        • Westrobothnian: tɑlg m
  • Old Dutch: *talg
    • Middle Dutch: talgh, talch; tallick

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 508
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