tochier

Old French

Alternative forms

• touchier, tucher

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *toccāre or *tuccāre, of Germanic or possibly onomatopoetic origin.

Verb

tochier

1. (transitive) to touch

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -ier, with a palatal stem. These verbs are conjugated mostly like verbs in -er, but there is an extra i before the e of some endings. In the present tense an extra supporting e is needed in the first-person singular indicative and throughout the singular subjunctive, and the third-person singular subjunctive ending -t is lost. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

		simple			compound
infinitive		tochier			avoir tochié
gerund		en tochant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		tochant
past participle		tochié
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	toche	toches	toche	tochons	tochiez	tochent
	imperfect	tochoie, tocheie, tochoe, tochieve	tochoies, tocheies, tochoes, tochieves	tochoit, tocheit, tochot, tochieve	tochiiens, tochiens	tochiiez, tochiez	tochoient, tocheient, tochoent, tochievent
	preterite	tochai	tochas	tocha	tochames	tochastes	tochierent
	future	tocherai	tocheras	tochera	tocherons	tocheroiz, tochereiz, tocherez	tocheront
	conditional	tocheroie, tochereie	tocheroies, tochereies	tocheroit, tochereit	tocheriiens, tocheriens	tocheriiez, tocheriez	tocheroient, tochereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	toche	toches	toche	tochons	tochiez	tochent
	imperfect	tochasse	tochasses	tochast	tochissons, tochissiens	tochissoiz, tochissez, tochissiez	tochassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	toche	—	tochons	tochiez	—

    Conjugation of tochier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

Derived terms

• atochier

Descendants

• Middle French: toucher
  • French: toucher
    • → Dutch: toucheren
    • → German: touchieren
  • → German: tuschen
• Norman: touchi (Jersiais)
• Picard: toucheu, touchie (Athois)
• Walloon: touchî (Charleroi), toucher (Liégeois)
• → Dutch: toetsen
• → Middle English: touchen, towchen, tochen
  • English: touch
• (possibly) → West Frisian: tútsje