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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/tawwą

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

Alternative forms
  • *tawą

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂- (“to tie to; secure”). Kroonen (2013) prefers to derive it from *deh₁-.

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Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtɑw.wɑ̃/

Noun

*tawwą n

  1. tool; apparatus; gadget
    Synonym: *tōlą
  2. equipment; rigging
  3. rope, line; fiber
    Synonyms: *līnǭ, *raipaz

Inflection
neuter a-stemDeclension of *tawwą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *tawwą *tawwō
vocative *tawwą *tawwō
accusative *tawwą *tawwō
genitive *tawwas, *tawwis *tawwǫ̂
dative *tawwai *tawwamaz
instrumental *tawwō *tawwamiz

Descendants
  • Old English: *tawa (in webtawa); *tawe; ġetawe; *tōw
  • Old Frisian: tāuwe, tāuw, towe, tau, tou
    • Saterland Frisian: Tau
    • West Frisian: tou
  • Old Saxon: *tō, tou
    • Middle Low German: touw
      • → German: Tau
      • German Low German: Tau
  • Old Dutch: *tou
    • Middle Dutch: touwe
      • Dutch: touw
        • Afrikaans: tou
        • Berbice Creole Dutch: tau
        • Jersey Dutch: tāu
        • Negerhollands: toouw, tou, tau
        • Skepi Creole Dutch: tau
        • → Lokono: tau
        • →? Sranan Tongo: t'tei
          • → Lokono: tetei
          • → Aukan: tetei
          • → Caribbean Hindustani: tatai
        • → Warao: táu, táü, tao
      • West Flemish: towwe
  • Old High German: zouwa; gizawa
    • Middle High German: gezawe, gezouwe
  • Old Norse: tó
    • Icelandic: tó
    • Faroese: tó
    • Norwegian: to
    • Old Swedish: tō
      • Swedish: to (archaic)
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