Where does “þeaw” come from?

þeaw (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic þawwaz — custom, habit.

þeaw (Old English): habit, custom; customs, virtue

Definitions

  1. habit, custom; customs, virtue

Ancestry of “þeaw”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicþawwazcustom, habit
Every word from Proto-Germanic þawwaz
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