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Germanic etymology :

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Proto-Germanic: *ɵuftō(n)
Meaning: rower-bench
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Old Norse: ɵopta f. `Ruderbank'
Norwegian: tofta
Swedish: toft
Danish: toft(e)
Old English: ɵoft
Middle Dutch: docht(e), doft
Dutch: doft, docht f. `roeibank'
Middle Low German: ducht f.
Old High German: thofta f.
German: [ Ducht < LG ]
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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *tū̆p-
Meaning: to squat
Baltic: *tū̃p- (*tup-ja-) vb., *tup-ē̂- vb.
Germanic: *ɵuf-t-ō(n-) f.
Russ. meaning: сидеть на корточках
References: WP I 714
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Baltic etymology :

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Proto-Baltic: *tū̃p- (*tup-ja-) vb., *tup-ē̂- vb.
Meaning: squat
Indo-European etymology: Indo-European etymology
Lithuanian: tū̃pti (tùpia, tū̃pē) `sich niederkauern, sich in die Knie setzen, (von Vögeln) sich niedersetzen', tupḗti (tùpi) `hocken, kauern, in die Knien sitzen'
Lettish: tupt (-pju/-pstu/tûpu2, tupu) `hocken', tūptiês 'ds.'
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Pokorny's dictionary :

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Number: 2012
Root: teup-
English meaning: to get down, conceal oneself
German meaning: `sich niederkauern, auch um sich zu verstecken'
Material: Gr. ἐντυπάς Adv., II. 24, 163, wenn `kauernd, hockend' bedeutend; vermutlich aisl. þopta f. `Ruderbank' (`auf der gehockt wird'), ahd. dofta f., mnd. ducht f., ags. ðoft ds. (wozu aisl. þopti m. `Mitruderer', ags. geðofta `Genosse', ahd. gidufto `Mitruderer, Genosse') und got.þiubjō `heimlich', þiubs `Dieb', aisl. þjōfr, ags. ðēof, as. thiof, ahd. diob `Dieb';

    lit. tūpiù, tũpti `sich hinhocken, in die Knie setzen', tŭpiù, tupė́ti `hocken, in den Knien sitzen', lett. tupt `hocken'.

References: WP. I 714.
Pages: 1085
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