Where does “Tauwinde” come from?

Tauwinde (German) comes from German tau, from Middle High German tou, from Old High German dou, from Old High German tou, from Proto-Germanic *dawwaz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- — smoke; mist, haze.

Ancestry of “Tauwinde”, step by step

Tauwinde traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German tau

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germantaudew
2Middle High Germantou—
3Old High Germandoudiscipline, coercion, tuition
4Old High Germantoudew
5Proto-Germanic*dawwaz—
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze

via German winde

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanwindeinflection of winden: ## first-person singular...
2Middle High Germanwinde—
3Old High Germanwindawinch
4Proto-Germanicwindanąto wind, to wrap
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwendʰ-to wind, to turn
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