Where does “tange” come from?

tange (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic tangō, from Proto-Indo-European denḱ- — to bite.

Ancestry of “tange”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanictangōtongs
2Proto-Indo-Europeandenḱ-to bite
Every word from Proto-Indo-European denḱ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic tangō →
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