Engl. | stagger | to totter, etc. |
Engl. | stag | the male of animals (from its movements when mating, certainly not from "sting") |
Franç. | stagnant | (privative /s/) standing water: deprived of movement |
Franç. | étang | pond |
Anc.Greek | tenageios | (borrowing) pond |
Franç.rég. | tanguer | maltraiter, FEW 22: 78, 80 |
Franç.: Landremont | tangûgner | disputer, FEW 22: 74 |
Franç. | tanguer | to pitch |
Span.: And. | tango | a kind of dance that existed in Andalusia long before it became popular (in a modified form) in Argentina. Not of African origin (too few Africans were brought to Argentina to have had any influence on music) and does not come from Lat. tango "I touch" (!) |
Franç. | tangon | (marine) poutre mobile |
Span.: Almería | tangurullo | homme long et mince (à la démarche dandinante) |
Franç.: Québec | tangueux | pingouin et autres oiseaux de la même famille observé le plus souvent sur la vague, en haute mer |
Frisian | tängeln | to sway |
Engl. | dangle | to hang loosely |
Franç.: Bigorre | adanguá | chanceler, vaciller, FEW 21: 361 |
Franç.: Antilles | dongue | Common Tern, 97 (waving flight, cf. saiettoneð6.3.10.) |
Engl. | dengue | see following word |
Franç. | dingue, dengue | malaria, an illness that causes a peculiar gait, cf. dandyð6.3.8. |
Franç. | dinguet | hammock, see dandyð6.3.8. |
Franç. | dinguer | to totter |
Franç. | ribouldingue | spree, binge (for rib-ð5.2.24.) |
Franç. | dingue | unbalance, crazy |
Engl. | dingbat | an eccentric person |
Engl. | ding | to hit, strike with force |
Engl. | dinghy | a small boat: subject to pitching (not from Hindi) |
Span. | dengue | a kind of veil; prudery, affectation ðdandyð6.3.8. |
Span. | dingolodangos | feminine ornaments |
Span. | fandango | a kind of dance |
Franç.: Huy | daguedaler | grelotter |
Franç.(fauc.) | daguer | fondre sur sa proie (faucon) |