English

toothrow

From tooth + row.

A compound of tooth + row

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

Proto-Indo-European *Hreyk- ‘to line up; to arrange’

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Proto-Germanic *raiwō

Proto-West Germanic *raiwu

Old English rǣw ‘row, line’

Middle English rewe ‘row’

English row

Today it means

noun A row of teeth.

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

Etymograph / toothrow