English
adaw
Adaw comes from Middle English adawen ‘to terminate, defeat’, from adawe ‘dead, nonexistent’, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic *dagaz ‘day’.
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*dagaz‘day’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*dag‘day’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150dæġ‘day, (usually) as a period from sunrise to sunset and as a 24-hour period from sunrise to…’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500day
- Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500dawe
- Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500adawe‘dead, nonexistent’
- Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500adawen‘to terminate, defeat’
- Englishearliest quotation 1583adaw
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*dagaz‘day’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*dag‘day’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150dæġ‘day, (usually) as a period from sunrise to sunset and as a 24-hour period from sunrise to…’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500day
- Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500dawe
- Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500adawe‘dead, nonexistent’
- Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500adawen‘to terminate, defeat’
- Englishearliest quotation 1583adaw
Earliest quotation: 1583, Brian Melbancke, Philotimus. The warre betwixt nature and fortune: “But friezing colde adawes the frying heate[…]”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- ‘to burn’
dear, fever, darling, febrile, foment, 19 more
through Proto-Germanic *dagaz ‘day’
through Middle English day
through Middle English dawe
Today it means
verb To daunt, overcome, subdue.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *dagaz / adaw