tong

Mane (Îngilîzî)

Noun

An instrument or tool used for manipulating things in a fire without touching them with the hands.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To use tongs.
2. (transitive) To grab, manipulate or transport something using tongs.

Hevwate

tongs

forceps

fork over

grip

clamp

🗜️

pincer

pinch

plier

nip

Werger

atazanar

atanazar

usar tenaza

atenazar

tenaz

tenaza

tenazas

تونج

aile

👪

Zange

κινέζικη μυστική εταιρία

pinces

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin

/tɒŋ/

Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

Ji Middle English mîras hatiye girtin: tonge

Ji Old English mîras hatiye girtin: tange

Hevwate bi Old Norse: tǫng

Hevwate bi îzlendî: töng

Hevwate bi Old High German: zanga

Hevwate bi almanî: Zange

Hevwate bi sanskrîtî: दशति

Hevwate bi elbanî: dang

In summary

From Middle English tonge (“tongs, fang”), tange, from Old English tange, from Proto-West Germanic *tangu, from Proto-Germanic *tangō, from Proto-Indo-European *denḱ- (“to bite”). Cognate with Old Norse tǫng (modern Icelandic töng), Old High German zanga (modern German Zange). Other cognates include Sanskrit दशति (dáśati, “to bite”) and Albanian dang (“bite, nip”).