The story
- Old English · inherited fromfengtōþ
- Middle English · inherited from*fangtooth“fang, canine”
- English todayfangtooth
From Middle English *fangtooth (“fang, canine”), from Old English fengtōþ, from feng (“grasping, capture”) + tōþ (“tooth”). In the name of the fish perhaps a new compound of fang (abbreviation of the former) + tooth.
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.