Etymology

From Proto-Iranian (compare Persian دندان ‎(dandân), Baluchi دنتان ‎(dantán), Avestan dantan-, dātā), from Proto-Indo-Iranian (compare Sanskrit दत् ‎(dát), Hindi दाँत ‎(dā̃t)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts ‎(“tooth”) (compare Lithuanian dantis, Greek δόντι ‎(dónti) French dent, Welsh dant, English tooth).