teethe

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to grow or cut teeth

   Puppies begin to teethe when they are a few weeks old.

From Middle English tethen, from Old English tēþan (“to teethe”), from Proto-West Germanic *tanþijan, from Proto-Germanic *tanþijaną (“to teethe”), from Proto-Germanic *tanþs (“tooth”). Cognate with German zähnen (“to provide with teeth”).

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