tung

tung · noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*tungǭ“tongue”
3. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*tungā
4. Old English · derived fromtung
5. Middle English · derived fromtonge
6. English todaytung

From Middle English tonge, from Old English tung, tunge (“tongue, language”), from Proto-West Germanic *tungā, from Proto-Germanic *tungǭ (“tongue”); along with Dutch tong, German Zunge, Swedish tunga, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.

tung · noun²

From Chinese 桐 (tóng).

Tung · proper noun³

1. Mandarin · borrowed from東島 /东岛
2. English todayTung

From Mandarin 東島 /东岛 Wade–Giles romanization: Tung¹-tao³.

Words from the same roots