Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/talgaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dolgʰos (“fat”).^[1] This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtɑl.ɣɑz/

Noun

*talgaz m

tallow

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *talgaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*talgaz	talgōz, talgōs
vocative	*talg	talgōz, talgōs
accusative	*talgą	*talganz
genitive	talgas, talgis	*talgǫ̂
dative	*talgai	*talgamaz
instrumental	*talgō	*talgamiz

Derived terms

*talgijaną

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *talg
- Old English: tælg, *tealg, *tealh
  - Middle English: talow
    - English: tallow
    - Scots: tauch, tallon
- Old Frisian: *talch, *talk
  - West Frisian: talk
- Old Saxon: *talg
  - Middle Low German: talch
    - German Low German: Talg
    - → German: Talg
      - → Dutch: talg (until 17th c.; modern form chiefly from German)
    - → Old Norse: talg, talk n (*tǫlg, tolgr, tolg f)
      - (Old Norse: tólgr, tólg)
        (Icelandic: tólg f)
      - Faroese: tálg f
      - Norwegian Nynorsk: talg; (dialectal) tolg, tølg, tålg, tåg)
      - Norwegian Bokmål: talg
      - Old Swedish: talgher m
        Swedish: talg
      - Danish: talg
- Old Dutch: *talg
  - Middle Dutch: talgh, talch; tallick
    - Dutch: talk
      - Afrikaans: talk

References

^ Guus Kroonen (2013) Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 508

[1] Guus Kroonen (2013) Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 508

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