Ukrainian edit

Etymology edit

From Hungarian tót (Slovak), with "товт" first meaning "travelling Slovak merchant" and later simply "merchant".[1]

Pronunciation edit

Proper noun edit

Товт (Tovtm pers (genitive То́вта, nominative plural То́вти, genitive plural То́втів)
Товт (Tovtf pers (indeclinable)

  1. a surname

Declension edit

The feminine form is indeclinable.

Statistics edit

  • According to ridni.org's 2013 study, Товт is the 722nd most common surname in Ukraine, belonging to 4992 individuals. It is the most common surname in regions bordering Hungary.

References edit

  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2006), “товт”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 5 (Р – Т), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 589