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talg

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Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German talch, from Old Saxon *talg, from Proto-West Germanic *talg, from Proto-Germanic *talgaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /talˀj/, [t͡sʰælˀj]

Noun

talg c (singular definite talgen, not used in plural form)

  1. tallow
  2. suet

References

Dutch

Alternative forms

  • talk (only for “tallow”)

Etymology

Borrowed in the sense “sebum” in the early 20th century from German Talg (“tallow; sebum”), from Middle Low German talg, from Old Saxon *talg, from Proto-West Germanic *talg, from Proto-Germanic *talgaz.

For “tallow”, the standard Dutch form was talk, but the borrowed form is now preferred in this sense as well, probably in order to avoid the homophony with talk (“talc”). This development may have been reinforced by inherited dialectal forms with -g, from Middle Dutch talch, which had been unused in written Dutch since the 18th century.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɑlx/
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  • Rhymes: -ɑlx

Noun

talg m (uncountable, no diminutive)

  1. sebum; skin fat
  2. tallow
    Synonym: ossenwit

Derived terms

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

From Old Norse tolg.

Noun

talg f or m (definite singular talga or talgen, uncountable)

  1. tallow

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology

From Old Norse tolg.

Noun

talg m (definite singular talgen, uncountable)
talg f (definite singular talga, uncountable)

  1. tallow

References

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish talgher, from Middle Low German talch, from Old Saxon *talg, from Proto-West Germanic *talg, from Proto-Germanic *talgaz.

Noun

talg c

  1. tallow
  2. suet
  3. sebum

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...

Derived terms

References

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