tung
English
noun
Etymology
Derived from Middle English tung derived from Old English tung derived from Proto-Germanic *tungǭ (tongue, language, speech) derived from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s (tongue, language, speech).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s
Gloss
tongue, language, speech
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
語
Emoji
👅 😋 😛 😜 😝 🤑
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- lingua Latin
- Engelszunge German
- Ochsenzunge German
- Seezunge German
- Vorderzungenvokal German
- Zunge German
- Zungenbein German
- Zungenbrecher German
- Zungenkuss German
- Zungenlaut German
- Zungenreden German
- Zungenspitze German
- doppelzüngig German
- scharfzüngig German
- biltong Dutch, Flemish
- landtong Dutch, Flemish
- langtong Dutch, Flemish
- rasptong Dutch, Flemish
- roltong Dutch, Flemish
- schijftongkikker Dutch, Flemish
- tong Dutch, Flemish
- tongbreker Dutch, Flemish
- tongenworst Dutch, Flemish
- tongval Dutch, Flemish
- tongzoen Dutch, Flemish
- zeetong Dutch, Flemish
- *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s Proto-Indo-European
- *tungǭ Proto-Germanic
- hundtunga Swedish
- sjötunga Swedish
- tunga Swedish
- tungomål Swedish
- växeltunga Swedish
- tung Old English
- जिह्वा Sanskrit
- houndestonge Middle English
- tung Middle English
- tunga Old Norse
- *(j)ęzykъ Proto-Slavic
- *ęzykъ Proto-Slavic
- tonge Middle Dutch
- zunga Old High German
- լեզու Old Armenian
- tong Afrikaans
- tongvis Afrikaans
- 𐍄𐌿𐌲𐌲𐍉 Gothic
- *tungā gmw-pro
- tunga Old Dutch
- *tangʷāss Proto-Celtic
- *tangʷāt- Proto-Celtic
- *ȷ́iȷ́ʰwáH Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *ȷ́iȷ́ʰwáHs Proto-Indo-Iranian
- tunga Old Swedish
- *denɣwā Proto-Italic
- tunge Old Frisian
- *inźūˀ Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *inźūˀkas, *inźūˀ Proto-Balto-Slavic
- dingua Old Latin
- *käntwo Proto-Tocharian