köken: Probably from Zahn (“tooth”) + stochen (“to pick; to stoke, stir”) + -er (agent suffix). The verb is the (now uncommon) simplex of stochern (“to pick, poke repeatedly”). Alternatively it could also be a haplology for *Zahnstocherer.
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts Proto-Italic *dents Latin dens Latin scalpō Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ium Latin dentiscalpium From dens (“tooth”) + scalpō (“to scratch”) + -ium.
Dancatandstikker
Norveççetannpirker, tannstikker
Endonezcetusuk gigi
Etimoloji
楊(よう)枝(じ) (yōji, “poplar twig”) was once popular as a dental cleaning tool and by chewing it the natural compounds within could relieve pain and soothe toothache. The optional prefix 爪 indicates its use, so as not to have to soil one's nails when picking their teeth.