tusk
Middle English
/tusk/
noun
Definitions
- A tusk protruding long tooth
- Any long and sharp tooth.
- (rare) The end of a spear.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English tūx inherited from Proto-Germanic *tunþskaz (tooth).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*tunþskaz
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
- tusk English
- tusker English
- tuskless English
- tusklike English
- tuskwise English
- tusky English
- tussock English
- *h₃dónts Proto-Indo-European
- *tunþskaz Proto-Germanic
- tusc Old English
- tūsc Old English
- tūx Old English
- tusky Middle English
- tuskyd Middle English
- tusshe Middle English
- tusk Old Frisian