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
Ancestry of “Zaang”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old High German | zanga | tongs |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *tangu | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | tangō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | denḱ- | to bite |