talg
Dutch (Brabantic)
/tɑlx/
noun
Definitions
- sebum; skin fat
- tallow
Etymology
Borrowed from German Talg (sebum, tallow) derived from Middle Low German talg derived from Old Saxon *talg inherited from Proto-Germanic *talgaz (tallow) inherited from Middle Dutch talch.
Origin
Middle Dutch
talch
Gloss
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
- Talg German
- Talgdrüse German
- klier Dutch, Flemish
- talgklier Dutch, Flemish
- talgklierfollikel Dutch, Flemish
- *del- Proto-Indo-European
- *talgaz Proto-Germanic
- *tealh Old English
- telg Old English
- talwe Middle English
- talch Middle Dutch
- talch Middle Low German
- talg Middle Low German
- *talg Old Saxon