Where does “zange” come from?

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

Ancestry of “zange”, step by step

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

Words derived from “zange”

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