talow

Middle English

Alternative forms

talew, talgh, talghe, tallowe, talou, talogh, talowe, talowgh, talowȝ, talowh, talugh, taluȝ, talwe, talwgh, talwȝ, talwhe

Etymology

From Old English *tealg, *tealh, from Proto-West Germanic *talg, from Proto-Germanic *talgaz, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dolgʰos.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtalɔu̯/, /ˈtaliu̯/, /talx/

Noun

talow (uncountable)

suet (the adipose tissues of an animal).
tallow (in cooking, candlemaking, and greasing)
(rare) The inner matter of a seed.

Derived terms

Descendants

English: tallow
Scots: tauch, tallon

References

“talou(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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