*dawwō

Runic: ᛞᚨᚹᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈdɑw.wɔː/

noun · feminine · ō-stem

Meanings

alternative form of *dawwą (“moisture, dew”)

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰowh₂-eh₂, from an o-grade form of root *dʰewh₂- (‘smoke, haze’). Cognate with Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰuHmás (‘mist; smoke’) and Lithuanian dúlis (‘mist’).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.dawwōdawwôz
Acc.dawwǭdawwōz
Gen.dawwōzdawwǫ̂
Dat.dawwōidawwōmaz
Inst.dawwōdawwōmiz
Voc.dawwōdawwôz

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Descendants

  • *dauw (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *dau, *dou (Old Dutch)
      • dau, dauwe (Middle Dutch)
        • dauw (Dutch)
          • dou (Afrikaans)
  • *dauw (Proto-West Germanic)
    • dēaw (Old English)
      • dew, deau, deaw, deew, deu, dewe, dewȝ, dieuȝ, dæw (Middle English)
        • dew (English)
        • dew, deow, dyow (Scots)
  • *dauw (Proto-West Germanic)
    • dāw (Old Frisian)
      • dauw (North Frisian)
      • Dau (Saterland Frisian)
      • dau (West Frisian)
  • *dauw (Proto-West Germanic)
    • tou (Old High German)
      • tou, tau (Middle High German)
        • Tau (German)
        • Da (Luxembourgish)
        • טוי (toy) (Yiddish)
  • *dauw (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *dau (Old Saxon)
      • dow, douwe, dawe, dau (Middle Low German)
        • Dau (Low German)
        • Deiw (Plautdietsch)
  • dǫgg (Old Norse)
    • dug (Danish)
    • døgg (Faroese)
    • dögg (Icelandic)
    • dugg, dogg (Norwegian Bokmål)
    • dogg (Norwegian Nynorsk)
    • dagg (Swedish)

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