Where does “tau” come from?

tau (German) comes 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.

tau (German): dew

Definitions

  1. dew

Ancestry of “tau”, step by step

tau traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle High German tou

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

via Ancient Greek ταῦ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekταῦtau, the name for the twentieth letter Τ, τ of...
2Phoenician𐤕taw
3Egyptian𓏴—

Words derived from “tau”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- →