tough

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Frequenz

A2
Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/tʌf/
Etymologie (Englisch)

In summary

From Middle English tough, towgh, tou, toȝ, from Old English tōh (“tough, tenacious, holding fast together; pliant; sticky, glutinous, clammy”), from Proto-West Germanic *tą̄h(ī), from Proto-Germanic *tanhuz (“fitting; clinging; tenacious; tough”), from Proto-Indo-European *denḱ- (“to bite”). Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian toai (“tough, strong”), Bavarian zaach, zach (“tough, tenacious, dogged”), Dutch taai (“tough, resilient”), German zäh, zähe (“tough, tenacious, dogged”), Luxembourgish zéi (“tough, rugged, hardy”).

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