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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/dauw
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *dawwą.
Noun
*dauw n
- moisture
- dew
Inflection
Neuter a-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *dauw | |
Genitive | *dauwas | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *dauw | *dauwu |
Accusative | *dauw | *dauwu |
Genitive | *dauwas | *dauwō |
Dative | *dauwē | *dauwum |
Instrumental | *dauwu | *dauwum |
Descendants
- Old English: dēaw m or n
- Middle English: dew, deu, dewe, deaw, deau, dewȝ, dæw, deew, dieuȝ
- English: dew
- Scots: dew, deow, dyow
- Yola: dhew
- Middle English: dew, deu, dewe, deaw, deau, dewȝ, dæw, deew, dieuȝ
- Old Frisian: dāw n
- North Frisian: dauw
- Saterland Frisian: Dau
- West Frisian: dau
- Old Saxon: *dau
- Middle Low German: dow, douwe, dawe, dau
- Low German: Dau
- Plautdietsch: Deiw
- Middle Low German: dow, douwe, dawe, dau
- Old Dutch: *dau, *dou
- Middle Dutch: dau
- Dutch: dauw
- Afrikaans: dou
- Dutch: dauw
- Middle Dutch: dau
- Old High German: tou n or m
- Middle High German: tou, tau
- German: Tau
- Hunsrik: Daa
- Luxembourgish: Da
- Yiddish: טוי (toy)
- Middle High German: tou, tau