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Etymology
Dictionary
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Origin and Etymology of the word
TALLOW.
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From An Etymology
Dictionary of the English Language, by Walter W. Skeat, 1893 |
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TALLOW,
fat of animals melted. (O. Low G.) M. E. talgh,
Reliquiæ Antiq. i. 53; talwȝ, Eng. Gilds, p. 359, l. 11;
talwgh, Rich. Coer de
Lion, 1552.—O.
Du. talgh, talch, tallow, Hexham; mod. Du. talk, Low G. talg; Dan. and Swed.
talg. + Icel. tólgr, also tólg,
tólk.
β. There is an A. S. telg, tælg, a stain, dye, but its connection with
tallow is very doubtful; the sense
is very different; see Grein, ii. 524. It is more to the purpose to
observe that the G. word is also talg, tallow, suet; whence talgen, to tallow,
besmear. This G. word must either have been borrowed from Low G.
(since it begins with t instead of z); or an initial s has been lost; or the
word is non-Teutonic. Origin uncertain. Perhaps we may
further compare the Bavarian verdalken, to besmear; Schmeller, i.
505. Some imagine a Slavonic origin.
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| Etymology
Dictionary Index |
| A, B,
C, D, E,
F, G, H,
I, J, K,
L, M, N,
O, P, Q,
R, S, T,
U, V, W,
X, Y, Z
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| Key |
| Arab.=Arabic. |
| A.S.=Anglo
Saxon. |
| Bavar.=Bavarian |
| Bohem.=Bohemian. |
| C.=Celtic,
used as a general term for Irish, Gaelic, Welsh, Breton,
Cornish, &c. |
| Corn.=Cornish. |
| Dan.=Danish. |
| Du.=Dutch |
| E.=English. |
| E.E.=Early
English. |
| Europ.=European. |
| F.=French. |
| G.=German. |
| Gk.=Greek. |
| Goth.=Gothic. |
| Icel.=Icelandic. |
| Ital.=Italian. |
| L. or
Lat.=Latin. |
| Lith.
& Lithuan.=Lithuanian. |
| M.E.=Middle
English. |
| M.F.=Middle
French |
| M.H.G.=Middle
High German. |
| Norw.=Norwegian. |
| O.F.=Old
French. |
| O.H.G.=Old
High German. |
| Pers.=Persian. |
| Port.=Portuguese. |
| Scand.=Scandinavian,
used as a general term for Icelandic, Swedish, Danish,
&c. |
| Sc.=Scottish. |
| Skt.=Sanskrit. |
| Span.=Spanish. |
| Swed.=Sweish. |
| Teut.=Teutonic |
| Turk.=Turkish. |
| W.=Welsh. |
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