Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þauh

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From *þau (“in that case”) +‎ *-hw (“and”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθɑu̯x/

Adverb

*þauh

1. nevertheless, though

Derived terms

• *swēþauh

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *þauh
  • Old English: þēah, þēh
    • Middle English: þah, thagh, thaugh, thogh, theigh
      • Scots: thoch (through confluence with Old Norse þó)
      • English: though (through confluence with Old Norse þó)
  • Old Frisian: thāch
    • Saterland Frisian: dach, daach
    • West Frisian: dôch, dochs
  • Old Saxon: thōh
    • Middle Low German: doch
      • Low German: doch
      • → Old Danish: dogh
        • Danish: dog
      • → Norwegian Bokmål: dog
      • → Swedish: dock
  • Old Dutch: thoh
    • Middle Dutch: doch, toch
      • Dutch: doch, toch
  • Old High German: thōh, dōh, doh
    • Middle High German: doch
      • Bavarian: do
      • German: doch
      • Luxembourgish: dach
      • Yiddish: דאָך (dokh)
• Old Norse: þó
  • Icelandic: þó
  • Faroese: tó
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: do
  • Old Swedish: þō
  • Old Gutnish: þau
• Gothic: 𐌸𐌰𐌿𐌷 (þauh)