Etymology

thone

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Today it means: damp; moist; wet; soft from dampness. Full definition →

Middle English *thon ← Old English þān ← Proto-West Germanic *þain
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*teh₂-“to melt, flow”
  2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*þainaz“moist”
  3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*þain
  4. Old English · inherited fromþān“moist, damp, wet; having water, watered, irrigated”
  5. Middle English · inherited from*thon
  6. English todaythone

From Middle English *thon, from Old English þān (“moist, damp, wet; having water, watered, irrigated”), from Proto-West Germanic *þain, from Proto-Germanic *þainaz (“moist”), from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂- (“to melt, flow”). Cognate with Scots thane, thain (“moist, damp”). Related to thaw.

Words from the same roots

Proto-Indo-European*teh₂- all →

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