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Zahn

Pronunciation: /t͡saːn/

“Zahn” is a German word. Its 4 meanings in English:

noun

  1. tooth
  2. fang
  3. tusk
  4. cog, tine

Etymology

PIE word *h₃dónts Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts Proto-Germanic *tanþs Proto-West Germanic *tanþ Old High German zand Middle High German zan German Zahn From Middle High German zan, zant, from Old High German zan, zand, from Proto-West Germanic *tanþ, from Proto-Germanic *tanþs. The Old High German nominative zan alongside zand is…

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