An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Tadel

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, T
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis

Tadel

Tafel

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This annotated version expands the abbreviations in the original entry Tadel.

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2521447An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, T — TadelJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

Tadel, masculine, ‘blame, censure, reproof,’ from Middle High German tadel, masculine and neuter, ‘fault, stain, defect (bodily or mental). The word is recorded at a remarkably late period — the end of the 12th century — but this, of course, does not prove that it was borrowed. The Teutonic root daþ (dad?) contained in it has been compared, probably without just grounds, with Greek τωθάω (root dhôdh), ‘to deride, mock.’