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Middle English
Noun
toþ
- Alternative form of tothe
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *tanþ (by loss of the n and the resulting compensatory lengthening of the vowel).
Cognates with Old Frisian tōth, Old Saxon tand, Dutch tand, Old High German zan, zand (German Zahn), Old Norse tǫnn (Swedish tand), Gothic 𐍄𐌿𐌽𐌸𐌿𐍃 (tunþus); and with Sanskrit दन्त (danta) (Hindi दांत (dānt)), Ancient Greek ὀδών (odṓn), Latin dens (French dent), Old Irish dét, Lithuanian dantìs.
Pronunciation
Noun
tōþ m
- tooth
Declension
Strong consonant stem:
Derived terms
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