Where does “fanged” come from?
Fanged comes from English fang, from Old English fōn, from Proto-Germanic -ōdaz, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂tos and -tós, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ḱ-.
fanged (English): Equipped with fangs; simple past tense and past...
Definitions
- Equipped with fangs; simple past tense and past...
Ancestry of “fanged”, step by step
| 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 |