tong
English
/tɒŋ/
noun
Definitions
- An instrument or tool used for manipulating things in a fire without touching them with the hands.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English tange inherited from Proto-Germanic *tangō derived from Proto-Indo-European *denḱ- (bite), *denḱ- (bite).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*denḱ-
Gloss
bite
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- port English
- port tong English
- tonger English
- tongman English
- tongster English
- Zange German
- δάκνω Ancient Greek
- δάκος Ancient Greek
- δήξ Ancient Greek
- δαγκάνω Ancient Greek
- δῆγμα Ancient Greek
- δῆξις Ancient Greek
- ὀδάξ Ancient Greek
- *denḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- tang Norwegian Bokmål
- *tangiz Proto-Germanic
- *tangō Proto-Germanic
- *tanhuz Proto-Germanic
- tång Swedish
- トング Japanese
- tong Norwegian Nynorsk
- tange Old English
- दशति Sanskrit
- tǫng Old Norse
- tang Danish
- flísatöng Icelandic
- töng Icelandic
- zanga Old High German
- zange Middle High German
- tanga Old Dutch
- *dáćati Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *dáśati Proto-Indo-Aryan
- 𑀟𑀲𑀤𑀺 Sauraseni Prakrit
- *daknā Proto-Albanian
- δακώνω gkm
- δαγκάνω grc-koi