Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/taugō

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to draw, pull”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtɑu̯.ɣɔː/

Noun

*taugō f

cord, string, rope

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *taugō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*taugō	*taugôz
vocative	*taugō	*taugôz
accusative	*taugǭ	*taugōz
genitive	*taugōz	*taugǫ̂
dative	*taugōi	*taugōmaz
instrumental	*taugō	*taugōmiz

Synonyms

*tawwą

Descendants

Old English: tēag
- Middle English: teye, teȝe, tei, teiȝe, tey, tieghe, tye, tyȝe
  - English: tie, tye
    - → Swazi: thayi
  - Scots: tie, tee
Old Dutch: *touga
- Middle Dutch: toge, toog, tooch
  - ⇒ Middle Dutch: tochener, toichener
    - Dutch: togenaar (obsolete)
Old Norse: taug; tog n (from *tugą)
- Icelandic: taug f; tog n
- Faroese: tog n
- Norwegian Nynorsk: taug f; tog n, tau
- Old Swedish: tugh, togh
  - Swedish: tåg
- Danish: tov, (obsolete) toug
  - Norwegian Bokmål: tau
→ Proto-Finnic: *tauko (see there for further descendants)

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