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Where does “tôver” come from?

tôver (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch tōver, from Proto-West Germanic *taubr, from Proto-Germanic taubrą — magic, sorcery.

Ancestry of “tôver”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchtōver—
2Proto-West Germanic*taubr—
3Proto-Germanictaubrąmagic, sorcery

Words derived from “tôver”

  • tover
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