*talgaz

Runic: ᛏᚨᛚᚷᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈtɑl.ɣɑz/

noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

tallow

Uncertain. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dolgʰos (‘fat’).

*talg (Proto-West Germanic)
- *talg (Old Dutch)
  - talgh, talch, tallick (Middle Dutch)
    - talk (Dutch)
      - talk (Afrikaans)
*talg (Proto-West Germanic)
- tælg, *tealg, *tealh (Old English)
  - talow (Middle English)
    - tallow (English)
    - tauch, tallon (Scots)
*talg (Proto-West Germanic)
- *talch, *talk (Old Frisian)
  - talk (West Frisian)
*talg (Proto-West Germanic)
- *talg (Old Saxon)
  - talch (Middle Low German)
    - Talg (German Low German)
*talg (Proto-West Germanic)
- *talg (Old Saxon)
  - talch (Middle Low German)
    - Talg (German)
      - talg (Dutch)
*talg (Proto-West Germanic)
- *talg (Old Saxon)
  - talch (Middle Low German)
    - talg, talk, *tǫlg, tolgr, tolg (Old Norse)
      - talg (Danish)
      - tálg (Faroese)
      - talg (Norwegian Bokmål)
      - talg, tolg, tølg, tålg, tåg (Norwegian Nynorsk)
*talg (Proto-West Germanic)
- *talg (Old Saxon)
  - talch (Middle Low German)
    - talg, talk, *tǫlg, tolgr, tolg (Old Norse)
      - tólgr, tólg (Old Norse)
        
        tólg (Icelandic)
*talg (Proto-West Germanic)
- *talg (Old Saxon)
  - talch (Middle Low German)
    - talg, talk, *tǫlg, tolgr, tolg (Old Norse)
      - talgher (Old Swedish)
        
        talg (Swedish)