Meaning
Obsolete spelling of tongue, both as language and as part of the body.
Etymology
Origin: Old English
From Middle English tonge, from Old English tung, tunge (“tongue, language”), from Proto-West Germanic *tungā, from Proto-Germanic *tungǭ (“tongue”); along with Dutch tong, German Zunge, Swedish tunga, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.
NYT Puzzle Appearances
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