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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.
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂- (“to tie to; secure”). Kroonen (2013) prefers to derive it from *deh₁-.
This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
Noun
*tawwą n
- tool; apparatus; gadget
- Synonym: *tōlą
- equipment; rigging
- rope, line; fiber
- Synonyms: *līnǭ, *raipaz
Inflection
Declension of *tawwą (neuter a-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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*tawwą
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*tawwō
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| vocative
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*tawwą
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*tawwō
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| accusative
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*tawwą
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*tawwō
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| genitive
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*tawwas, *tawwis
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*tawwǫ̂
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| dative
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*tawwai
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*tawwamaz
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| instrumental
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*tawwō
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*tawwamiz
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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