Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗One of a pair of elongated pointed teeth (either cuspids or incisors) that extend outside the mouth of an animal such as walrus, elephant or wild boar, and which continue to grow throughout the animal's life. · A small projection on a (tusk) tenon. · A tusk shell. · A projecting member like a tenon, and serving the same or a similar purpose, but composed of several steps, or offsets, called teeth.
To dig up using a tusk, as boars do. · To gore with the tusks. · To bare or gnash the teeth.
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *tunþskaz Proto-West Germanic *tunsk Old English tūsc Old English tūx Middle English tusk English tusk From Middle English tusk (also tux, tusch), from Old English tūsc, tūx (“canine tooth, tusk, molar”), from Proto-West Germanic *tų̄sk, *tunsk, from Proto-Germanic *tunþskaz (“canine tooth”), extended form of *tanþs (“tooth”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts (“tooth”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Tusk (“tooth”), West Frisian tosk (“tooth”), Icelandic toskur (“a tusk, tooth”) (whence the Old Norse and Icelandic Ratatoskr and Ratatoskur respectively), Gothic 𐍄𐌿𐌽𐌸𐌿𐍃 (tunþus, “tooth”) and *𐍄𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌹 (*tundi, “thorn, tooth”). Doublet of tush. More at tooth.
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Root classification mention*h₃ed- (bite)ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentiontuskenm
- Inherited-form mentiontūsc,tūxang
- Inherited-form mention*tų̄sk,*tunskgmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*tunþskazgem-pro
- Derivation mention*h₃dóntsine-pro · tooth
- Cognate mentionTuskstq
- Cognate mentiontoskfy
- Cognate mentiontoskuris
- Cognate mention𐍄𐌿𐌽𐌸𐌿𐍃got
- Doublet mentiontushen
This page abbreviates 2 auxiliary source items. The etymology narrative is not shortened. Omission counts are available in the audit fields below; consult the original for complete auxiliary material.
Inspect preserved source fields
Raw extraction fields are retained for auditing. Their order does not establish ancestry.
{
"templates": [
{
"name": "root",
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*h₃ed- (bite)"
},
"expansion": ""
},
{
"name": "etymon",
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": ":inh",
"3": "enm:tusk",
"tree": "1"
},
"expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Germanic *tunþskaz\nProto-West Germanic *tunsk\nOld English tūsc\nOld English tūx\nMiddle English tusk\nEnglish tusk\n[Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-West Germanic\", \"term\" : \"*tunsk\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"gmw-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Old English\", \"term\" : \"tūsc\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"ang\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Old English\", \"term\" : \"tūx\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"ang\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Middle English\", \"term\" : \"tusk\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"enm\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"tusk\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }\" data-lang=\"en\" data-title=\"tusk\">"
},
{
"name": "inh",
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "tusk",
"ng": "also <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"enm\">tux</i>, <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"enm\">tusch</i>"
},
"expansion": "Middle English tusk (also tux, tusch)"
},
{
"name": "inh",
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "tūsc,tūx",
"4": "",
"5": "canine tooth, tusk, molar"
},
"expansion": "Old English tūsc, tūx (“canine tooth, tusk, molar”)"
},
{
"name": "inh",
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*tų̄sk,*tunsk"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *tų̄sk, *tunsk"
},
{
"name": "inh",
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*tunþskaz",
"4": "",
"5": "canine tooth"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *tunþskaz (“canine tooth”)"
},
{
"name": "der",
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*h₃dónts",
"t": "tooth"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts (“tooth”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "stq",
"2": "Tusk",
"3": "",
"4": "tooth"
},
"expansion": "Saterland Frisian Tusk (“tooth”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "fy",
"2": "tosk",
"3": "",
"4": "tooth"
},
"expansion": "West Frisian tosk (“tooth”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "toskur",
"3": "",
"4": "a tusk, tooth"
},
"expansion": "Icelandic toskur (“a tusk, tooth”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "got",
"2": "𐍄𐌿𐌽𐌸𐌿𐍃",
"3": "",
"4": "tooth"
},
"expansion": "Gothic 𐍄𐌿𐌽𐌸𐌿𐍃 (tunþus, “tooth”)"
},
{
"name": "doublet",
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "tush"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of tush"
},
{
"name": "etymon",
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": ":inh",
"3": "enm:tusk",
"tree": "1"
},
"expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Germanic *tunþskaz\nProto-West Germanic *tunsk\nOld English tūsc\nOld English tūx\nMiddle English tusk\nEnglish tusk"
}
],
"links": [
[
"*tunþskaz",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/tunþskaz"
],
[
"*tunsk",
"Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/tunsk"
],
[
"tūsc",
"tusc#Old_English"
],
[
"tūx",
"tux#Old_English"
],
[
"tusk",
"tusk#Middle_English"
],
[
"tusk",
"tusk#Middle_English"
],
[
"tux",
"tux#Middle_English"
],
[
"tusch",
"tusch#Middle_English"
],
[
"tūsc",
"tusc#Old_English"
],
[
"tūx",
"tux#Old_English"
],
[
"*tų̄sk",
"Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/tų̄sk"
],
[
"*tunsk",
"Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/tunsk"
],
[
"*tunþskaz",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/tunþskaz"
],
[
"*tanþs",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/tanþs"
],
[
"*h₃dónts",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₃dónts"
],
[
"Tusk",
"Tusk#Saterland_Frisian"
],
[
"tosk",
"tosk#West_Frisian"
],
[
"toskur",
"toskur#Icelandic"
],
[
"𐍄𐌿𐌽𐌸𐌿𐍃",
"𐍄𐌿𐌽𐌸𐌿𐍃#Gothic"
],
[
"*𐍄𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌹",
"Reconstruction:Gothic/𐍄𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌹"
],
[
"tush",
"tush#English"
],
[
"tooth",
"tooth#English"
]
],
"references": [],
"descendants": [],
"lexical": [
{
"pos": "noun",
"glosses": [
"One of a pair of elongated pointed teeth (either cuspids or incisors) that extend outside the mouth of an animal such as walrus, elephant or wild boar, and which continue to grow throughout the animal's life.",
"A small projection on a (tusk) tenon.",
"A tusk shell.",
"A projecting member like a tenon, and serving the same or a similar purpose, but composed of several steps, or offsets, called teeth."
],
"tags": [],
"recordId": "1a145a842d5bc617e7c1717797e603d8f3c6289c7976b88f0007b054218bcdb9",
"rawRecordSha256": "d0b3a4ad4a36e455d5c8dc5addbfcb39983d57b3538cb3a7a43017dc10cc8264",
"sourceRecordOrdinal": 256036
},
{
"pos": "verb",
"glosses": [
"To dig up using a tusk, as boars do.",
"To gore with the tusks.",
"To bare or gnash the teeth."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"recordId": "75e7f3efb57411be5a904161a581129179d99230270675d988707c76dd5dd432",
"rawRecordSha256": "3200059abc7a1c002cadc4b58cad043bc7e2838c8afac5f84748e0bc74fc0e4c",
"sourceRecordOrdinal": 256037
}
],
"omittedAuxiliaryFields": {
"templates": 0,
"links": 0,
"references": 0,
"descendants": 0,
"lexicalRecords": 0,
"lexicalSenses": 2,
"glosses": 0
}
}