Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗verb
To use tongs. · To grab, manipulate or transport something using tongs.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryAn instrument or tool used for manipulating things in a fire without touching them with the hands.
From Middle English tonge (“tongs, fang”), tange, from Old English tange, from Proto-West Germanic *tangu, from Proto-Germanic *tangō, from Proto-Indo-European *denḱ- (“to bite”). Cognate with Old Norse tǫng (modern Icelandic töng), Old High German zanga (modern German Zange). Other cognates include Sanskrit दशति (dáśati, “to bite”) and Albanian dang (“bite, nip”).
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Root classification mention*denḱ-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentiontongeenm · tongs, fang
- Inherited-form mentiontangeang
- Inherited-form mention*tangugmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*tangōgem-pro
- Derivation mention*denḱ-ine-pro · to bite
- Cognate mentiontǫngnon
- Cognate mentiontöngis
- Cognate mentionzangagoh
- Cognate mentionZangede
- Cognate mentionदशतिsa · to bite
- Cognate mentiondangsq · bite, nip
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