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Latin word lingua comes from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s (Tongue.)
*dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s (Proto-Indo-European)
Tongue.
*denɣwā (Proto-Italic)
Tongue.
*dn̥χ(u)wā (Proto-Italic)
*dingua (Old Latin)
Tongue.
lingua (Latin)
(poetic, of animals) voice, note, song, bark etc.. A dialect, idiom or mode of speech. A language. A plant (alternatively called lingulaca). A small amount of something, e.g. "a tongue of land" or "a spoonful". A speech. An utterance or expression. The reed of the Roman tibiae. The short arm of a lever. Tongue.