fang
English
/fæŋ/
noun
Definitions
- a long, pointed canine tooth used for biting and tearing flesh
- in snakes a long pointed tooth for injecting venom
Etymology
Derived from Middle English *fangtooth (fang, canine) derived from Old English fængtōþ.
Origin
Old English
fængtōþ
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- befang English
- bifanged English
- defang English
- fanged English
- fanger English
- fangless English
- fanglike English
- fangsmith English
- fangtooth English
- fangy English
- halse English
- healsfang English
- infang English
- onfang English
- outfangthief English
- smith English
- thief English
- tooth English
- two-fanged English
- underfang English
- unfang English
- yesterfang English
- anfangi Finnish
- Anfang German
- Anfangsbuchstabe German
- Anfangswort German
- Anfangszustand German
- Feuer fangen German
- Herbstanfang German
- Monatsanfang German
- Neuanfang German
- Satzanfang German
- Sommeranfang German
- Unterfangen German
- Winteranfang German
- Wortanfang German
- abfangen German
- anfangen German
- anfangs German
- anfänglich German
- auffangen German
- befangen German
- empfangen German
- fangen German
- fangfrisch German
- verfangen German
- tand Dutch, Flemish
- vangen Dutch, Flemish
- vangtand Dutch, Flemish
- пегматит Russian
- αὐτοπαγής Ancient Greek
- ναυπηγός Ancient Greek
- πήγνυμι Ancient Greek
- πηκτίς Ancient Greek
- πῆγμα Ancient Greek
- *peh₂ǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- fengtōþ Old English
- fængtōþ Old English
- *fangtooth Middle English
- befon Middle English
- fanger Middle English
- onfangen Middle English
- underfangen Middle English
- κηροπήγιο Greek (modern)
- fāhan Old High German
- anvanc Middle High German
- faa Alemannic German
- anfang Silesian