An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/tasten

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, T (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
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Friedrich Kluge2508936An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, T — tasten1891John Francis Davis

​ tasten, vb., ‘to touch, fumble, grope,’ from the equiv. MidHG. tasten, wk. vb. Borrowed about 1200 A.D. from the Romance cognate Ital. tastare (Fr. tâter), ‘to feel, fumble,’ which is based on a Lat. *taxitare (allied to late Lat. taxare, ‘to touch sharply’).

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