tadige

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Of uncertain origin and not clearly related to any Germanic languages outside of Old English. Liberman argues that it's best understood as an expressive or sound-symbolic development within Old English. He rejects connections to tosca (“toad”) and Old High German zuscen (“to burn”) as weak conjectures.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɑː.di.je/

Noun

tādiġe f

  1. toad

Descendants

  • Middle English: tode, toode, tade, tadde, toade
    • English: toad
    • Scots: tade, taid, taed, ted

References

  1. ^ An Analytic Dictionary of the English Etymology: An Introduction. (n.d.). United Kingdom: U of Minnesota Press, p. 206
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