thaw

thaw · verb, noun¹

1. Middle English · inherited fromthawe
2. Proto-Indo-European · inherited from*teh₂-“to melt; to flow, stream”
3. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*þawjaną“to thaw”
4. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*þauwjan“to melt, thaw; to digest; to dissolve”
5. Old English · inherited fromþāwian
6. Middle English · inherited fromthawen
7. English todaythaw

The verb is derived from Middle English thawen, thowen (“to melt (ice, snow, etc.), thaw”), from Old English þāwian, *þāwan (“to thaw”), from Proto-West Germanic *þauwjan (“to melt, thaw; to digest; to dissolve”), from Proto-Germanic *þawjaną (“to thaw”), from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂- (“to melt; to flow, stream”). The noun is derived from Late Middle English thawe, thowe (“melting of ice, snow, etc., thawing”), from thawen, thowen (verb) (see above). cognates * Dutch dooien (“to thaw”) * German tauen (“to thaw”) * German Low German deien (“to thaw”) * Icelandic þeyja (“to thaw”) * Saterland Frisian daie, dauje (“to thaw”) * Swedish töa (“to thaw”) * West Frisian teie (“to thaw”)

Thaw · proper noun²

1. Welsh · derived fromDdawan
2. English todayThaw

Anglicized from Welsh Ddawan, ddaw.

Thaw · proper noun³

1. Burmese · borrowed fromသော်
2. English todayThaw

Borrowed from Burmese သော် (sau). It is also an English and Scottish surname, but without a certain origin.

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