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Zahn.

tooth

4 characters1 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/t͡saːn/
  1. tooth

    masculine · strong
  2. fang

    masculine · strong
  3. tusk

    masculine · strong
  4. cog, tine

    masculine · strong
Where this word comes from

PIE word *h₃dónts Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts Proto-Germanic *tanþs Proto-West Germanic *tanþ Old High German zand Middle High German zan German Zahn From Middle High German zan, zant, from Old High German zan, zand, from Proto-West Germanic *tanþ, from Proto-Germanic *tanþs. The Old High German nominative zan alongside zand is not quite clear, but may go back to an inherited variation that was levelled in the other old languages. The stems zan- and zand- were then used indiscriminately in Middle High German. The success of the form without -d may have been reinforced by the widespread dialectal development: intervocalic -nd- → -nn-, which produced d-less inflected forms even in dialects that used zand-. Cognates include Dutch and Danish tand, Low German Tähn, English tooth. See the latter for more.

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