tallow
English
/tæləʊ/
noun
Definitions
- A hard animal fat obtained from suet, etc.; used in cooking as well as to make candles, soap and lubricants
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English talwe inherited from Old English *tealh inherited from Proto-Germanic *talgaz (tallow) derived from Proto-Indo-European *del- (reckon, count, calculate, adjust, flow, aim).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*del-
Gloss
reckon, count, calculate, adjust, flow, aim
Concept
Semantic Field
Modern world
Ontological Category
Action/Process
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- betallow English
- sodium English
- sodium tallowate English
- tallower English
- tallowiness English
- tallowing English
- tallowish English
- tallowless English
- tallowwood English
- tallowy English
- wood English
- sēdulus Latin
- Talg German
- Talgdrüse German
- talg Dutch, Flemish
- talgklier Dutch, Flemish
- δόλος Ancient Greek
- *del- Proto-Indo-European
- *dol- Proto-Indo-European
- *talgaz Proto-Germanic
- *taltrōną Proto-Germanic
- *talō Proto-Germanic
- *talōną Proto-Germanic
- *tealh Old English
- telg Old English
- talwe Middle English
- տեղ Armenian
- talch Middle Dutch
- տեղ Old Armenian
- տեղատութիւն Old Armenian
- տեղի Old Armenian
- talch Middle Low German
- talg Middle Low German
- *talg Old Saxon