tung

Middle English

/tunɡ/

noun
Definitions
  • (anatomy) tongue
  • A tongue-shaped thing.
  • language, speech, wording

Etymology

Inherited from Old English tung inherited from Proto-Germanic *tungǭ (tongue, language, speech) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s (tongue, language, speech).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s

Gloss

tongue, language, speech

Concept
Semantic Field

The body

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

語

Emoji
👅 😋 😛 😜 😝 🤑

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