An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/tosen

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, T (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
tosen
Friedrich Kluge2509018An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, T — tosen1891John Francis Davis

tosen, vb., ‘to rage, storm,’ from the equiv. MidHG. dôsen, OHG. dôsôn. Based on a Teut. root þus (by gradation þaus), from which OIc. þyss, þausn, ‘tumult,’ is also derived.