thong
English
/θɒŋ/
noun
Definitions
- A strip of leather.
- (usually) An item of footwear, usually of rubber, secured by two straps which join to pass between the big toe and its neighbour.
- (UK) An undergarment or swimwear consisting of very narrow strips designed to cover just the genitals and nothing more.
- The largest section of a bullwhip constructed of many straps of braided leather.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English thong inherited from Old English þwong inherited from *þwangi (strap) inherited from Proto-Germanic *þwangiz (strap, belt, clamp) derived from Proto-Indo-European *twenk- (squeeze, press, pressure).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*twenk-
Gloss
squeeze, press, pressure
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- thonged English
- thonging English
- thongless English
- thonglike English
- thongy English
- zugzwang English
- Gruppenzwang German
- Kontrollzwang German
- Zugzwang German
- Zwang German
- Zwangsarbeit German
- Zwangsarbeiter German
- Zwangsehe German
- Zwangsheirat German
- Zwangsjacke German
- Zwangslage German
- Zwangsstörung German
- Zwangsurlaub German
- Zwangsvorstellung German
- Zwinge German
- zwanghaft German
- zwanglos German
- zwangseinweisen German
- zwangsweise German
- tong French
- σάγμα Ancient Greek
- σάττω Ancient Greek
- *twenk- Proto-Indo-European
- *þwangiz Proto-Germanic
- *þwanguz Proto-Germanic
- þwong Old English
- thong Middle English
- þvengr Old Norse
- tvang Danish
- tvangsarbejde Danish
- tvangshandling Danish
- tvangstanke Danish
- tvinge Danish
- þvengur Icelandic
- geduang Old High German
- dwenge Middle High German
- twanc Middle High German
- *þwangi gmw-pro
- *thwang Old Dutch
- thwong Old Frisian
- thwang Old Danish
- thwængæ Old Danish