"zunga" meaning in Old High German

See zunga in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *tungā, from Proto-Germanic *tungǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s. Compare Old Saxon tunga, Old Dutch tunga, Old English tunge, Gothic 𐍄𐌿𐌲𐌲𐍉 (tuggō) and Old Norse tunga (Icelandic tunga (“tongue”)). Etymology templates: {{ety|goh|:inh|gmw-pro:*tungā}} [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*tungǭ", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*tungā", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old High German", "term" : "zunga", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "goh" }" data-lang="goh" data-title="zunga">, {{inh|goh|gmw-pro|*tungā}} Proto-West Germanic *tungā, {{inh|goh|gem-pro|*tungǭ}} Proto-Germanic *tungǭ, {{inh|goh|ine-pro|*dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s}} Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s, {{cog|osx|tunga}} Old Saxon tunga, {{cog|odt|tunga}} Old Dutch tunga, {{cog|ang|tunge}} Old English tunge, {{cog|got|𐍄𐌿𐌲𐌲𐍉}} Gothic 𐍄𐌿𐌲𐌲𐍉 (tuggō), {{cog|non|tunga}} Old Norse tunga, {{cog|is|tunga||tongue}} Icelandic tunga (“tongue”) Head templates: {{head|goh|noun|||||g=f|g2=|head=|sort=}} zunga f, {{goh-noun|f}} zunga f Inflection templates: {{goh-decl-noun-n-f|zung}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], zunga [nominative, singular], zungūn [nominative, plural], zungūn [accusative, singular], zungūn [accusative, plural], zungūn [genitive, singular], zungōno [genitive, plural], zungūn [dative, singular], zungōm [dative, plural], zungōn [dative, plural]
  1. tongue Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-zunga-goh-noun-snFSEtk5 Categories (other): Anatomy Disambiguation of Anatomy: 50 50
  2. language Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-zunga-goh-noun-pO8wS6Qq Categories (other): Old High German entries with etymon, Old High German entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon, Anatomy, Language Disambiguation of Old High German entries with etymon: 18 82 Disambiguation of Old High German entries with incorrect language header: 6 94 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 8 92 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 8 92 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 92 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 4 96 Disambiguation of Anatomy: 50 50 Disambiguation of Language: 0 100

Inflected forms

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          "word": "cung"
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}

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