Etymograph

English

eyetooth

From eye + tooth, so called because of their position directly below the eyes.

A compound of eye + tooth

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- ‘eye’

Proto-Germanic *augô

Proto-West Germanic *augā

Old English ēage

Middle English e

English eye

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- ‘to smell’

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Proto-Germanic *tanþs

Proto-West Germanic *tanþ

Old English tōþ

Middle English toth

English tooth

The story

From eye + tooth, so called because of their position directly below the eyes.

Today it means

noun A canine tooth of the upper jaw in humans.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / eyetooth