Where does “*tangu” come from?
*tangu (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic tangō, from Proto-Indo-European denḱ- — to bite.
Ancestry of “*tangu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Germanic | tangō | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | denḱ- | to bite |