tugan
See also: tugann
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *duganą, whence also Old Saxon dugan, Old English dugan, Old Norse duga and Gothic 𐌳𐌿𐌲𐌰𐌽 (dugan). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewgʰ- (“to produce, to give milk”)[1][2].
Verb
tugan
- to be suitable, to be good for
Descendants
- Middle High German: tugen, tugen, tügen
- German: taugen
- → Esperanto: taŭgi
- Luxembourgish: daachen
- German: taugen
References
- Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
- Pfeifer, Wolfgang. 1995, 2005. Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen. München: dtv. →ISBN.