Proto-Germanic: *tangō(n), *tangra-
Meaning: tongs; bitter
Old Norse: tɔng f. `Zange'
Norwegian: tong
Swedish: tɔng
Danish: tang
Old English: tang, tange `Zange'
English: tongs
Old Frisian: tange
Old Saxon: tanga
Middle Dutch: tanghe f.; tangher `kloek', Kil. `scherp, ruw, scherp van smaak, kloek'
Dutch: tang f.
Middle Low German: tanger `beissend, scharf, bissig, kräftig, frisch'; tange `Zange; Sandrücken zwischen Mooren', pl. `Grundpfähle des Hauses'
Old High German: zangar `beissend, scharf'; zanga `Zange' (8.Jh.)
Middle High German: zanger, zenger 'beissend, scharf'; zange st./wk. f. 'zange'
German: Zange f.
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