Where does “fangblenny” come from?
fangblenny (English) comes from English Fang, from English fangtooth, from Middle English fangtooth, from Old English fengtōþ, from Old English fōn, from Old Norse fanga, from Middle Low German vangen, from Proto-Germanic fangōną — he, she.
fangblenny (English): Any of various combtooth blennies, of the genus Plagiotremus, with large canine teeth
Definitions
- Any of various combtooth blennies, of the genus Plagiotremus, with large canine teeth
Ancestry of “fangblenny”, step by step
fangblenny traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Fang
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Fang | A people of western Africa |
| 2 | English | fangtooth | A beryciform fish of the monotypic family... |
| 3 | Middle English | fangtooth | fang, canine |
| 4 | Old English | fengtōþ | canine tooth |
| 5 | Old English | fōn | to take, grasp, seize, catch, capture, make... |
| 6 | Old Norse | fanga | to fetch, capture |
| 7 | Middle Low German | vangen | captive; to catch |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | fangōną | to catch, capture |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | -ōną | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 13 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |