Talg
German (Berlin)
/talk/, /talç/
noun
Definitions
- tallow
- suet
- (physiology) sebum
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German talch derived from Old Saxon *talg derived from Proto-Germanic *talgaz (tallow).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*talgaz
Gloss
tallow
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- betallow English
- sodium tallowate English
- tallow English
- tallower English
- tallowing English
- tallowish English
- tallowless English
- tallowwood English
- tallowy English
- Drüse German
- Talgdrüse German
- talg Dutch, Flemish
- talgklier Dutch, Flemish
- *del- Proto-Indo-European
- *talgaz Proto-Germanic
- *tealh Old English
- telg Old English
- talwe Middle English
- talg Danish
- talch Middle Dutch
- talch Middle Low German
- talg Middle Low German
- *talg Old Saxon