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Toft is a placename and surname of Norse origin. Place-names ending in ''-toft'' are usually derivations of the Old Norse word ''topt'' meaning ″site of a house, farm″. As a place-name and place-name particle, it occurs in Denmark and Scania (as ''-toft()), in England,〔Eilert Ekwall, ''The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names'' (4th edition), Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1960, p. 287b and 476b.〕 Shetland and Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, (as ''-toft''), in Sweden (as ''-tofta'') and in Normandy, France, (as ''-tot''). Its root is Proto-Germanic '' *tumftō'' ″site of a house, farm″, itself from Indo-European '' *dm̥ptā́-'', compound ('' *dm̥-pt-ā́-'') with the roots '' *dm̥-'', basis of '' *dem(ǝ)-'' « house » + '' *pt- < *pd-'' from '' *ped-'' « foot », related to Latin ''domus'' ″house″, ''dominus'' ″master″, ''dominium'' > ''domain''.〔(Dominique Fournier, « Élément ''-tot'' », Wikimanche )〕 Toft may refer to: ==People== ;Surname * Albert Toft (1862-1949), English sculptor * Arve Toft (born 1966), Norwegian trade unionist * Claude Toft (1922–1981) Irish politician and Mayor of Galway * Henrik Toft (born 1981), Danish professional football player * Henry Toft (1909–1987), English rugby union international (a.k.a. Herbert Toft, Bert Toft or H B Toft) * Juergen Toft (born 1943), German physician * Karl Toft, Canadian sex offender * Malcolm Toft, English audio engineer * Mary Toft (1701–1763), English woman involved in a medical hoax * Omar Toft (1886-1921), American racecar driver * Rolf Toft (born 1992), Danish footballer * Sandra Toft (born 1989), Danish handball player * Thomas Toft (d.1698), English potter ;Given name * Henrik Toft Hansen (born 1986), Danish handball player * Rene Toft Hansen (born 1984), Danish handball player * Poul Toft Jensen (1912–2000), Danish amateur football player 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「toft」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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