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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

  1. Equipped with fangs; simple past tense and past...

Ancestry of “fanged”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishFangA people of western Africa
2EnglishfangtoothA beryciform fish of the monotypic family...
3Middle Englishfangtoothfang, canine
4Old Englishfengtōþcanine tooth
5Old Englishfōnto take, grasp, seize, catch, capture, make...
6Old Norsefangato fetch, capture
7Middle Low Germanvangencaptive; to catch
8Proto-Germanicfangōnąto catch, capture
9Proto-Germanic-ōnąCreates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates...
10Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
11Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
12Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
13Chichewaiyehe, she

Words derived from “fanged”

  • fire-fanged
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