Where does “zanga” come from?

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

zanga (Old High German): tongs

Definitions

  1. tongs

Ancestry of “zanga”, step by step

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

Words derived from “zanga”

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