Where does “tanga” come from?

tanga (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic *tangu, from Proto-Germanic tangō, from Proto-Indo-European denḱ- — to bite.

Ancestry of “tanga”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*tangutongs
2Proto-Germanictangōtongs
3Proto-Indo-Europeandenḱ-to bite

Words derived from “tanga”

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