tusk
English
/ˈtʌsk/
noun
Definitions
- One of a pair of elongated pointed teeth that extend outside the mouth of an animal such as walrus, elephant or wild boar.
- A small projection on a (tusk) tenon.
- A tusk shell.
- (carpentry) A projecting member like a tenon, and serving the same or a similar purpose, but composed of several steps, or offsets, called teeth.
- A sharp point.
- The share of a plough.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English tusk inherited from Old English tūsc (tusk, canine tooth) inherited from Proto-Germanic *tunþskaz (tooth) derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts (tooth).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₃dónts
Gloss
tooth
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
歯
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- detusk English
- tusker English
- tuskless English
- tusklessness English
- tusklike English
- tuskwise English
- tusky English
- tussock English
- tussocked English
- tussocker English
- tussockland English
- tussocky English
- dēns, dens, dentem Latin
- *ὀδόντιον Ancient Greek
- *h₃dónts Proto-Indo-European
- *tanþs Proto-Germanic
- *tunþskaz Proto-Germanic
- tusc Old English
- tūsc Old English
- tūx Old English
- tusk Middle English
- tusky Middle English
- tuskyd Middle English
- tusshe Middle English
- *dęsna Proto-Slavic
- *dęsno Proto-Slavic
- дандон Persian
- ատամն Old Armenian
- 𐍄𐌿𐌽𐌸𐌿𐍃 Gothic
- *dantom Proto-Celtic
- *Hdántas Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *Hdánts Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *dents Proto-Italic
- dantis Lithuanian
- tosk Western Frisian
- tusk Old Frisian
- *odónts Proto-Hellenic
- dındon Zazaki
- диндак Yagnobi