English
toothly
From tooth + -ly.
Formed from tooth + -ly
Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- ‘to smell’
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Proto-Germanic *tanþs
Proto-West Germanic *tanþ
Old English tōþ
Middle English toth
English tooth
Today it means
adj Of or pertaining to teeth; dental.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “toothly”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / toothly