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Where does “dawe” come from?

dawe (Middle English) comes from Old English dāwe, from Proto-Germanic dēhǭ, from Proto-Indo-European dʰākʷ-.

Ancestry of “dawe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishdāwejackdaw
2Proto-Germanicdēhǭjackdaw
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰākʷ-—

Words derived from “dawe”

  • Dow
  • Daw
  • Dowson
  • jackdaw
  • Daws
  • daw
  • Dowe
  • dawing
  • adaw
  • dawish
  • jac-do
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰākʷ- →