The story
- Proto-Germanic · derived from*tanþs“tooth”
- Proto-Germanic · inherited from*tanþijaną“to teethe”
- Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*tanþijan
- Old English · inherited fromtēþan“to teethe”
- Middle English · inherited fromtethen
- English todayteethe
From Middle English tethen, from Old English tēþan (“to teethe”), from Proto-West Germanic *tanþijan, from Proto-Germanic *tanþijaną (“to teethe”), from Proto-Germanic *tanþs (“tooth”). Cognate with German zähnen (“to provide with teeth”).
Words from the same roots
Proto-Germanic*tanþs all →
tooth
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.