Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/dauw

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dawwą.

Noun

*dauw n

1. moisture
2. dew

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*dauw
Genitive	*dauwas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*dauw	*dauwu
Accusative	*dauw	*dauwu
Genitive	*dauwas	*dauwō
Dative	*dauwē	*dauwum
Instrumental	*dauwu	*dauwum

Descendants

• Old English: dēaw m or n
  • Middle English: dew, deau, deaw, deew, deu, dewe, dewȝ, dieuȝ; dæw
    • English: dew
    • Scots: dew, deow, dyow
    • Yola: dhew
• Old Frisian: dāw n
  • North Frisian: dauw
  • Saterland Frisian: Dau
  • West Frisian: dau
• Old Saxon: *dau
  • Middle Low German: dow, douwe, dawe, dau
    • Low German: Dau
    • Plautdietsch: Deiw
• Old Dutch: *dau, *dou
  • Middle Dutch: dau
    • Dutch: dauw
      • Afrikaans: dou
      • Berbice Creole Dutch: dau
      • Negerhollands: douw, dou
      • → Papiamentu: dauw (dated)
      • Sranan Tongo: dow
• Old High German: tou n or m
  • Middle High German: tou, tau
    • German: Tau
    • Hunsrik: Daa
    • Luxembourgish: Da
    • Yiddish: טוי (toy)