German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for someone with a large
or peculiar tooth or a remarkable or defective set of teeth, from
Middle High German zan(t) ‘tooth’, German Zahn.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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