thong
Bedeutung (Englisch)
- A narrow strip of material, typically leather, used to fasten, bind, or secure objects.
- (Australia, plural-normally) An item of footwear, usually of rubber, secured by two straps which join to pass between the big toe and its neighbour.
- (UK, US) An item of clothing, usually 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.
Konzepte
Ritzenflitzer
Zehensandale
Lederschnur
Stringtanga
Ritzenputzer
Dianette
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Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/θɒŋ/
Etymologie (Englisch)
In summary
From Middle English thong, thwong, thwang, from Old English þwong, þwang (“thong, band, strap, cord, strip of leather; phylactery”), from Proto-West Germanic *þwangi, from Proto-Germanic *þwangiz, *þwanguz (“coercion, constraint, band, clamp, strap”), from Proto-Indo-European *twenk- (“to squeeze, press, pressure”). Cognate with Scots thwang, thwayng, thang (“thong”), Middle Low German dwenge (“clamp, jaws, steel-trap”), German Zwinge (“vise, clamp”), Danish tvinge (“clamp”), dialectal Norwegian tveng (“shoestrap, shoelace”), Icelandic þvengur (“strap, thong, latchet”).
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