Zunge

Japanese: Zunge
Zunge

…Leonardo da Vinci also believed that nerves from the base of the brain are distributed throughout the tongue, and that 24 muscles are organized into six groups to control the tongue's various functions (Notes). The human tongue is closely associated with language, and the Greek word glōssa, the Latin word lingua, the English word tongue, the German word Zunge, and many other words have both meanings of tongue and language. By extension, the tongue is also closely linked to conversational ability, and examples of this include the Japanese expressions "tongue is moving," "tongue is smooth," and "tongue is not fluent." …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Zunge" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…またレオナルド・ダ・ビンチは脳底からの神経が舌全体に分布するとし,舌には24の筋が6群となって舌を多様に働かすと考えた(《手記》)。人間の舌と言語との連想は緊密で,ギリシア語glōssa,ラテン語lingua,英語tongue,ドイツ語Zungeその他多くの言葉に舌と言語の両意がある。転じて会話能力と舌との結びつきも深く,〈舌がまわる〉〈舌がなめらか〉〈舌足らず〉などの日本語の表現はその一例である。…

※「Zunge」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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