talg

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)

tallow
suet

References

“talg” in Den Danske Ordbog

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/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -ɑlx

Noun

talg m (uncountable)

sebum; skin fat
tallow
Synonym: ossenwit

Derived terms

talgklier

Related terms

smout

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

talg

Wikipedia ^no

Etymology

From Old Norse tolg.

Noun

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

tallow

References

“talg” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

talg

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

Etymology

From Old Norse tolg.

Noun

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

tallow

References

“talg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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

Declension

Declension of *talg*
		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	talg	talgs
singular	definite	talgen	talgens
plural	indefinite	—	—
plural	definite	—	—

Derived terms

njurtalg (“suet”)
talgoxe (“great tit”)
talgkörtel (“sebaceous gland”)

References