Tang
German (Berlin)
/taŋ/
noun
Definitions
- seaweed
Etymology
Derived from Danish tang (seaweed) derived from Swedish tång derived from Old Norse þongull derived from Proto-Germanic *þanga derived from Proto-Indo-European *tenk- (thicken, be solid, contract, turn out well, be suitable, succeed).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*tenk-
Gloss
thicken, be solid, contract, turn out well, be suitable, succeed
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Cognates and derived terms
- tongit Finnish
- Golf German
- Golftang German
- *tenk- Proto-Indo-European
- *þanga Proto-Germanic
- *þinhaną Proto-Germanic
- tång Swedish
- þeon Old English
- þēon Old English
- tǫng Old Norse
- þongull Old Norse
- tang Danish
- þang Icelandic
- thīhan Old High German
- 𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- thian Old Dutch
- thīan Old Dutch
- *tenkto Proto-Celtic
- *tonketos Proto-Celtic
- thihan Old Saxon
- туча Old East Slavic