An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/tunken

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

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2564218An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, T — tunkenJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

tunken, verb, ‘to dip, steep, soak,’ from Middle High German tunken, dunken, Old High German tunchôn, dunchôn, weak verb, ‘to immerse.’ The Old High German variant thunkôn leads to a Gothic *þugkôn, which must be allied to Latin tingere, ‘to moisten, dip,’ and to Greek τέγγω, ‘to soften, moisten.’ Hence tunken cannot be connected with tauchen.