At Does Tallow Mean?
The White Nearly Tasteless Solid Rendered Fat of Cattle and Sheep Used Chiefly in Soap, Candles, and Lubricants. What Does Tallow Mean in Old English? Old...
: the white nearly tasteless solid rendered fat of cattle and sheep used chiefly in soap, candles, and lubricants.
What does tallow mean in Old English?
Old English tælg, a dye; related to Middle Low German talch tallow, Dutch talk, Icelandic tólg.
Where did the word tallow come from?
hard animal fat, used to make soap, candles, etc., mid-14c., talwgh, from a source (perhaps an unrecorded Old English word) cognate with Middle Low German talg "tallow," Middle Dutch talch, from Proto-Germanic *talga-, meaning perhaps originally "firm, compact material" (compare Gothic tulgus "firm, solid").
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