*tawwą

Runic: ᛏᚨᚹᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈtɑw.wɑ̃/

noun · neuter · a-stem

Meanings

tool; apparatus; gadget
equipment; rigging
rope, line; fiber

Etymology

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

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	tawwą	tawwō
Acc.	tawwą	tawwō
Gen.	tawwas, tawwis	tawwǫ̂
Dat.	tawwai	tawwamaz
Inst.	tawwō	tawwamiz
Voc.	tawwą	tawwō

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Descendants

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

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