Where does “Zang” come from?

Zang (Hunsrik) comes from Middle High German zange, from Old High German zanga, from Proto-West Germanic *tangu, from Proto-Germanic tangō, from Proto-Indo-European denḱ- — to bite.

Zang (Hunsrik): pliers

Definitions

  1. pliers

Ancestry of “Zang”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanzange—
2Old High Germanzangatongs
3Proto-West Germanic*tangutongs
4Proto-Germanictangōtongs
5Proto-Indo-Europeandenḱ-to bite
Every word from Proto-Indo-European denḱ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic tangō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *tangu →
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