*tumftō

Runic: ᛏᚢᛗᚠᛏᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈtumɸ.tɔː/

noun · feminine · ō-stem

Meanings

ground around a building

Etymology

From a compound of Proto-Indo-European *dm̥- (‘to build’) and *ped- (‘to walk, to step’), assuming a relationship with at least Ancient Greek δάπεδον (dápedon) (dápedon, ‘floor’). However, this word may simply be equivalent to *tumþiz ~ *tumþō; see there.

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	tumftō	tumftôz
Acc.	tumftǭ	tumftōz
Gen.	tumftōz	tumftǫ̂
Dat.	tumftōi	tumftōmaz
Inst.	tumftō	tumftōmiz
Voc.	tumftō	tumftôz

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Descendants

*tóft (Old Norse)
- toft (Faroese)
- topt, tuft (Icelandic)
- tøvt (Scanian)
*tóft (Old Norse)
- toft (Danish)
  - toft (Norwegian Bokmål)
*tóft (Old Norse)
- tuft, tomt, toft (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  - tuft (Norwegian Bokmål)
*tóft (Old Norse)
- tuft, tomt, toft (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  - tomt (Danish)
    - tomt (Norwegian Bokmål)
*tóft (Old Norse)
- topt, toft, tompt (Old Swedish)
  - tomt (Swedish)
tomt (Old Norse)
- toft (Faroese)
- topt, tuft (Icelandic)
- tøvt (Scanian)
tomt (Old Norse)
- toft (Danish)
  - toft (Norwegian Bokmål)
tomt (Old Norse)
- tuft, tomt, toft (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  - tuft (Norwegian Bokmål)
tomt (Old Norse)
- tuft, tomt, toft (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  - tomt (Danish)
    - tomt (Norwegian Bokmål)
tomt (Old Norse)
- topt, toft, tompt (Old Swedish)
  - tomt (Swedish)
topt (Old Norse)
- toft (Faroese)
- topt, tuft (Icelandic)
- tøvt (Scanian)
topt (Old Norse)
- toft (Danish)
  - toft (Norwegian Bokmål)
topt (Old Norse)
- tuft, tomt, toft (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  - tuft (Norwegian Bokmål)
topt (Old Norse)
- tuft, tomt, toft (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  - tomt (Danish)
    - tomt (Norwegian Bokmål)
topt (Old Norse)
- topt, toft, tompt (Old Swedish)
  - tomt (Swedish)
tupt (Old Norse)
- toft (Faroese)
- topt, tuft (Icelandic)
- tøvt (Scanian)
tupt (Old Norse)
- toft (Danish)
  - toft (Norwegian Bokmål)
tupt (Old Norse)
- tuft, tomt, toft (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  - tuft (Norwegian Bokmål)
tupt (Old Norse)
- tuft, tomt, toft (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  - tomt (Danish)
    - tomt (Norwegian Bokmål)
tupt (Old Norse)
- topt, toft, tompt (Old Swedish)
  - tomt (Swedish)
tuft (Old Norse)
- toft (Faroese)
- topt, tuft (Icelandic)
- tøvt (Scanian)
tuft (Old Norse)
- toft (Danish)
  - toft (Norwegian Bokmål)
tuft (Old Norse)
- tuft, tomt, toft (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  - tuft (Norwegian Bokmål)
tuft (Old Norse)
- tuft, tomt, toft (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  - tomt (Danish)
    - tomt (Norwegian Bokmål)
tuft (Old Norse)
- topt, toft, tompt (Old Swedish)
  - tomt (Swedish)

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