Ton
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Anton.
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Proper noun edit
Ton m
- a male given name
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Etymology 1 edit
With irregular t- (as in tausend) and widespread dialectal -ā- → -ō- from Middle High German dāhen, tāhen, inflected form of dāhe, tāhe, from Old High German thāha, dāha, tāha, from Proto-Germanic *þanhǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *tenk- (“to thicken, be solid”), related to *þinhaną (“to thrive”).[1]
Cognate with Old English þō, Old Norse þá, Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌷𐍉 (þāhō).
The oldest spelling is Toh(e)n, which then became Thon as part of a general habit of writing -th- in the vicinity of long vowels. During the spelling reforms of the early 20th century, all th-spellings in inherited words were reduced to -t-, thereby making Ton one of the very few words in which Proto-Germanic -h- is not reflected (compare the same in Träne).
Alternative forms edit
- Thon (obsolete)
Noun edit
Ton m (strong, genitive Tones or Tons, plural Tone)
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Etymology 2 edit
From Middle High German tōn, from Latin tonus, from Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos).
Noun edit
Ton m (strong, genitive Tones or Tons, plural Töne)
- tone
- 1929, Kurt Tucholsky, Das Lächeln der Mona Lisa (Sammelband), Ernst Rowohlt Verlag, page 43:
- Eine der unangenehmsten Peinlichkeiten in deutschen Gerichtssälen ist die Überheblichkeit der Vorsitzenden im Ton den Angeklagten gegenüber.
- One of the most unpleasant embarrassments in German court rooms is the hubris of the presiding judges in the tone towards the defendants.
- (music) note (a musical pitch or sound)
- tone (manner of speaking)
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- Kluge, Friedrich (1975). Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache. 21. unveränderte Auflage. →ISBN. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, pp. 781–82.
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Pennsylvania German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German tôn, from Latin tonus. Compare German Ton.
Noun edit
Ton m (plural Teen)