Etymograph

English

taw

Taw comes from Old English tawian ‘to do, make’, from Proto-West Germanic *tauwjan ‘to prepare’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂- ‘to tie to, secure’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dewh₂-‘to tie to, secure’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*tawjaną‘to make, prepare’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*tauwjan‘to prepare’reconstructed
  4. Proto-West Germanic, derivedc. 200–500 CE*tawōnreconstructedvariant of *tauwjan
  5. Old Englishc. 450–1150tawian‘to do, make’
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500tawen
  7. Englishtodaytaw

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dewh₂-‘to tie to, secure’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*tawjaną‘to make, prepare’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*tauwjan‘to prepare’reconstructed
  4. Proto-West Germanic, derivedc. 200–500 CE*tawōnreconstructedvariant of *tauwjan
  5. Old Englishc. 450–1150tawian‘to do, make’
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500tawen
  7. Englishtodaytaw

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂- ‘to tie to, secure’

down, town, beautiful, beauty, ben, tool, bonus, teen, dynamic, beneficial, rebel, optimal, boo, dynasty, tow, bonnie, optimism, beau, boon, beneficiary, dun, bona, dynamo, revel, bello, bene, bonny, dynastic, tine, bauble, bellicose, bonbon, 97 more

Today it means

verb To prepare or dress, as hemp, by beating; to tew.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂- / taw

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