Where does “Zaang” come from?

Zaang (Luxembourgish) comes from Old High German zanga, from Proto-West Germanic *tangu, from Proto-Germanic tangō, from Proto-Indo-European denḱ- — to bite.

Zaang (Luxembourgish): tongs

Definitions

  1. tongs

Ancestry of “Zaang”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanzangatongs
2Proto-West Germanic*tangutongs
3Proto-Germanictangōtongs
4Proto-Indo-Europeandenḱ-to bite

Words derived from “Zaang”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European denḱ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic tangō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *tangu →