язык
Russian
noun+
Definitions
- (inanimate) tongue
- (inanimate) language
- (animate) prisoner for interrogation, canary, informer
- (inanimate) clapper (of a bell)
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic ꙗзꙑкъ inherited from Proto-Slavic *(j)ęzykъ (language, tongue) inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *inźūˀkas, *inźūˀ derived 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
👅 😋 😛 😜 😝 🤑
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- beardtongue English
- betongue English
- blabtongue English
- bluetongue English
- father tongue English
- goosetongue English
- intertongue English
- outtongue English
- oxtongue English
- smoothtongue English
- tonguage English
- tongue English
- tonguectomy English
- tonguefish English
- tonguefuck English
- tonguefucker English
- tonguejob English
- tongueless English
- tonguelet English
- tonguelike English
- tonguely English
- tonguester English
- tongueworm English
- tonguey English
- tonguy English
- untongue English
- lingua Latin
- метаязык Russian
- но́вый Russian
- новояз Russian
- *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s Proto-Indo-European
- *tungǭ Proto-Germanic
- tunge Norwegian Nynorsk
- tungetale Norwegian Nynorsk
- जिह्वा Sanskrit
- tonge Middle English
- tunga Old Norse
- *(j)ęzykъ Proto-Slavic
- *ęzykъ Proto-Slavic
- jazik Serbo-Croatian
- језик Serbo-Croatian
- լեզու Old Armenian
- език Bulgarian
- *tangʷāss Proto-Celtic
- *tangʷāt- Proto-Celtic
- язик Ukrainian
- *ȷ́iȷ́ʰwáH Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *ȷ́iȷ́ʰwáHs Proto-Indo-Iranian
- язык Belarusian
- *denɣwā Proto-Italic
- jezik Slovene
- ѩзꙑкъ Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- ꙗзꙑкъ Old East Slavic
- tang Tok Pisin
- *inźūˀ Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *inźūˀkas, *inźūˀ Proto-Balto-Slavic
- tongo Sranan Tongo
- dingua Old Latin
- язик Rusyn
- язык Rusyn
- *käntwo Proto-Tocharian
- tang Kriol
- tang Torres Strait Creole