An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/tasten

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

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2561320An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, T — tastenJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

tasten, verb, ‘to touch, fumble, grope,’ from the equivalent Middle High German tasten, weak verb. Borrowed about 1200 A.D. from the Romance cognate Italian tastare (French tâter), ‘to feel, fumble,’ which is based on a Latin *taxitare (allied to late Latin taxare, ‘to touch sharply’).