Proto-Germanic

*tanþs

‘tooth’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *tanþs.

5 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *tanþs, most familiar first.

• tooth ← toth ← tōþ ← *tanþ
• toothless ← tothles ← tōþlēas ← *tanþlausaz
• tusk ← tūsc ← *tunþskaz
• teethe ← tethen ← tēþan ← *tanþijan ← *tanþijaną
• foretooth ← *fortoth ← foretōþ ← tōþ ← *tanþ

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *tanþs