dye

dye · noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*dʰewh₂-“to smoke, raise dust, camouflage”
2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*daugu“color, shade”
3. Old English · inherited fromdēah
4. Middle English · inherited fromdeye
5. English todaydye

From Middle English deye, from Old English dēah, dēag (“color, hue, dye”), from Proto-West Germanic *daugu (“color, shade”), from *daugan (“to conceal, be dark”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“to smoke, raise dust, camouflage”). Cognates Cognate with Old High German tougan (“dark, secretive”), tougal (“dark, hidden, covert”), Old English dēagol, dīegle (“dark, hidden, secret”), Old English dohs, dox (“dusky, dark”). See dusk.

dye · verb²

1. Old English · inherited fromdēagian
2. Middle English · inherited fromdeien
3. English todaydye

Fom Middle English deien, from Old English dēagian, from the noun.

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