An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/tot

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, T
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis

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2613819An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, T — totJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

tot, adjective, ‘dead,’ from the equivalent Middle High German and Old High German tôt (Old High German also tôd); corresponding to the equivalent Gothic dauþs, Anglo-Saxon deád, English dead, Dutch dood, Old Saxon dôd. Teutonic dau-do- (dauþo-), contained in these words, is properly a participle (compare falt, laut, traut) of the Teutonic strong verbal root dā̆u, ‘to die,’ mentioned under Tod. — Derivative töten, factitive verb, ‘to put to death,’ from the equivalent Middle High German taten (tœden), Old High German tôten (tôden). Compare Gothic dauþjan.