Zong
Luxemburgeois
/t͡soŋ/
noun
Definitions
- tongue
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German zunge inherited from Old High German zunga inherited from *tungā inherited from Proto-Germanic *tungǭ (tongue, language, speech) inherited 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
- Zunge German
- *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s Proto-Indo-European
- *tungǭ Proto-Germanic
- tung Old English
- tunge Old English
- जिह्वा Sanskrit
- tunga Old Norse
- *(j)ęzykъ Proto-Slavic
- *ęzykъ Proto-Slavic
- zunga Old High German
- լեզու Old Armenian
- zunge Middle High German
- 𐍄𐌿𐌲𐌲𐍉 Gothic
- צונג Yiddish
- *tungā gmw-pro
- tunga Old Dutch
- *tangʷāss Proto-Celtic
- *tangʷāt- Proto-Celtic
- zung Cimbrian
- *ȷ́iȷ́ʰwáH Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *ȷ́iȷ́ʰwáHs Proto-Indo-Iranian
- tunga Old Saxon
- *denɣwā Proto-Italic
- tunge Old Frisian
- *inźūˀ Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *inźūˀkas, *inźūˀ Proto-Balto-Slavic
- Zong Central Franconian
- cung Vilamovian
- dingua Old Latin
- *käntwo Proto-Tocharian