Where does “tot” come from?

tot (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *tot, from Proto-Germanic *tut(t)-.

tot (Old English): pomp, splendour, parade, vainglory

Definitions

  1. pomp, splendour, parade, vainglory

Ancestry of “tot”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*tot—
2Proto-Germanic*tut(t)-—
Every word from Proto-Germanic *tut(t)- →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *tot →