täppisch
German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German tæpisch, from tāpe (“paw”), from Proto-Germanic *dēbban-, probably related to *dappōn, *dabbōn (“to beat”),[1] itself likely related to the root of English dab (“to press against”), which could be imitative[2] or from a Proto-Indo-European *dʰabʰ- (“to astonish”), see also Ancient Greek τάφος (táphos, “surprise, astonishment”), Lithuanian dobti (“to smash”), Proto-Germanic *dōbnaną (“to become numb”).[3]
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
täppisch (strong nominative masculine singular täppischer, comparative täppischer, superlative am täppischsten)
Declension edit
Positive forms of täppisch
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Related terms edit
References edit
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “dobnan”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 97
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “dab”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 233, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 233