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Number: 1988
Root: teng-1
English meaning: to soak, wet
German meaning: `benetzen, anfeuchten'
Material: Gr. τέγγω `benetze, befeuchte'; lat. tingō (älter tinguō, das nach unguō : unxi für älteres *tengō eingetreten ist), -ere, -nxi, -nctum `benetzen, anfeuchten; färben'; ahd. thunkōn, dunkōn `tunken'; schweiz. tink `feucht'.
References: WP. I 726, WH. II 684.
Pages: 1067
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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *teng(')-
Meaning: to wet
Old Greek: téŋgō, aor. téŋksai̯, pass. teŋkhthē̂nai̯, va. teŋktó- `benetzen, befeuchten, benetzend ausgiessen, erweichen'; téŋksi-s f. `das Befeuchten'
Germanic: *ɵunk-ō- vb.
Latin: tingō, -ere, tīnxī, tīnctum `benetzen, tränken, eintauchen; färben; ausstatten, versehen'
Russ. meaning: мочить
References: WP I 726
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Germanic etymology :

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Proto-Germanic: *ɵunkōn-
Meaning: wet, dye
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Old High German: thunkōn `färben, eintauchen' (9.Jh.)
Middle High German: tunken, dunken wk. `tunken, (ein)tauchen'
German: tunken (макать)
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