Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *tagląScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_taglą
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*deḱ-to tear, shred, fray*doḱ-hair of the tailदशाfringedúalstrand or lock of hair
nounneutera-stemhair; ponytailhair of a tail; tailFrom Proto-Indo-European *doḱ- (‘hair of the tail’), from Proto-Indo-European *deḱ- (‘to tear, shred, fray’). Cognate with Old Irish dúal (‘strand or lock of hair’), Sanskrit दशा (daśā, ‘fringe’), as well as perhaps Serbo-Croatian dlȁka (‘a single hair’).In addition to the above theory, Kroonen suggests an alternative derivation as a diminutive of the root underlying either Proto-Germanic *tahjaną (‘to tear’) or *takkô (‘branch, spike’).