Where does “tūten” come from?
tūten (German) comes from Middle Low German tūten, from Proto-Germanic þeutaną, from Proto-Indo-European tū-.
Ancestry of “tūten”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle Low German | tūten | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | þeutaną | to howl, roar |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | tū- | — |