Where does “taut” come from?
taut (Finnish) comes from Finnish tau, from Ancient Greek ταῦ, from Phoenician 𐤕, from Egyptian 𓏴.
taut (Finnish): Nominative plural form of tau
Definitions
- Nominative plural form of tau
Ancestry of “taut”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | tau | tau; tauon, tau |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ταῦ | tau, the name for the twentieth letter Τ, τ of... |
| 3 | Phoenician | 𐤕 | taw |
| 4 | Egyptian | 𓏴 | — |