talow

Middle English

Alternative forms

• talew, talgh, talghe, tallowe, talou, talogh, talowe, talowgh, talowȝ, talowh, talugh, taluȝ, talwe, talwgh, talwȝ, talwhe

Etymology

From Old English *tealg, *tealh, from Proto-West Germanic *talg, from Proto-Germanic *talgaz, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dolgʰos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtalɔu̯/, /ˈtaliu̯/, /talx/

Noun

talow (uncountable)

1. suet (the adipose tissues of an animal).
2. tallow (in cooking, candlemaking, and greasing)
3. (rare) The inner matter of a seed.

Derived terms

• talowen
• talowy

Descendants

• English: tallow
• Scots: tauch, tallon

References

• “talou(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.