The story
- Middle English · inherited fromfanger
- English todayfanger
From Middle English fanger, equivalent to fang (“to catch”) + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Fanger (“catcher”), West Frisian fanger (“catcher”), Dutch vanger (“catcher”), German Low German Fänger (“catcher”), German Fänger (“catcher”), Swedish fångare (“catcher”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.