teangadh

teanga, teangadh

a tongue, Irish teanga, Old Irish tenge, gen. tengad: *tengot-, from sten$$gh, sting (English sting, German stengal, stalk), which is from zdn$$.$$gh, from dn$$.$$gh, whence Latin dingua, English tongue? Stokes (Academy, Oct 1891) has compared Latin tango (so Windisch, Scot.Celt.Rev., 34). Rhys has considered the probabilities of alliance with Welsh tafod, Cornish tavot, Breton toed, older teaut (*tebâto-) in Manx Pray.$$+2, 136-7.