tengu̯-

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Type:	lexical
Meaning:	'tongue'
Language:	Celtic
Phonemic analysis:	/tengu̯/-
From PIE:	*dn̥ǵu̯heh₂ 'tongue'
From Proto-Celtic:	*tangu̯āt 'tongue'
Attestation:	pompeteχuaios

Commentary

OIr. tengae, OW tauawt, MBret. teaut, OCo. tauot gl. lingua (Matasović 2009 s.v. *tang^wāt-). PIE *dn̥ǵ^u̯heh₂ was transferred to a consonantal t-stem in Celtic (Widmer 1997: 122–124, Irslinger 2002: 47 f.); the deviant anlaut is probably due to taboo transformation (LEIA T-50 f., Widmer 1997: 122). The possible Cisalpine Celtic attestations are not t-stems (see the word pages).

Corinna Salomon