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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

  1. 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

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *talg
    • Old English: tælg, *tealg, *tealh
    • Old Frisian: *talch, *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)
          • Faroese: tálg f
          • Norwegian Nynorsk: talg; (dialectal) tolg, tølg, tålg, tåg)
          • Norwegian Bokmål: talg
          • Old Swedish: talgher m
          • Danish: talg
    • Old Dutch: *talg

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 508
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