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Schumacher (Stefan): Old Irish *tucaid, tocad and Middle Welsh tynghaf tynghet re-examined.
In Ériu 46 (1995), pp. 49–57.
OIr. verb *tucaid / *tocaid derives from a causative verb meaning ‘to cause to become solid’ > ‘to destine’, containing the root *tenk- (‘to congeal’). Tocad (‘fortune, chance’) derives from a -to-particle of this verb.
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