An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Ton

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, T
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
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This annotated version expands the abbreviations in the original entry Ton. Random word Special:RandomInCategory/Annotated entries in Kluge's Etymological Dictionary of the German Language
2551368An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, T — TonJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

​ Ton, masculine, ‘tone, sound,’ from Middle High German tôn, dôn, masculine, ‘sound, tone, voice, song melody’; from Greek-Latin tŏnus (τόνος), with lengthening of the ŏ; compare Thron. Hence Modern High German tönen, verb, ‘to sound, resound,’ from Middle High German tœnen, dœnen.

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