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Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *duganą, whence also Old Saxon dugan, Old English dugan, Old Norse duga and Gothic 𐌳𐌿𐌲𐌰𐌽 (dugan). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewgʰ- (“to produce, to give milk”).[1][2]
Verb
tugan
- to be suitable, to be good for
Descendants
References
- ^ Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
- ^ Pfeifer, Wolfgang. 1995, 2005. Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen. München: dtv. →ISBN.