tath

tath · noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*dāy-“to divide, split, part, section”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*tadą“manure”
3. Old Norse · derived fromtað“manure”
4. Middle English · inherited fromtath
5. English todaytath

From Middle English tath, from Old Norse tað (“manure”), from Proto-Germanic *tadą (“manure”), from Proto-Indo-European *dāy- (“to divide, split, part, section”). Cognate with Icelandic tað (“manure, dung”), dialectal Swedish tad (“manure, dung”).

tath · verb²

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*dāy-“to divide, split, part, section”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*tadjaną“to strew, scatter”
3. Old Norse · derived fromteðja“to manure”
4. Middle English · inherited fromtathen
5. English todaytath

From Middle English tathen, from Old Norse teðja (“to manure”), from Proto-Germanic *tadjaną (“to strew, scatter”), from Proto-Indo-European *dāy- (“to divide, split, part, section”). Cognate with Icelandic teðja (“to dung, manure”), Norwegian tedja (“to dung”), German zetten (“to let fall in small pieces, let crumble”).

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