Where does “tengan” come from?

tengan (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *tangijan, from Proto-Germanic *tangijaną — to press together.

tengan (Old English): to press, harry

Definitions

  1. to press, harry

Ancestry of “tengan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*tangijanto press together
2Proto-Germanic*tangijanąto press together
Every word from Proto-Germanic *tangijaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *tangijan →