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Where does “dēawiġ” come from?

dēawiġ (Old English) comes from Old English -iġ, from Proto-West Germanic -g, from Proto-Germanic -gaz, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

Ancestry of “dēawiġ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old English-iġ-y, -ic
2Proto-West Germanic-gForms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a...
3Proto-Germanic-gaz-y
4Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

Words derived from “dēawiġ”

  • dewy
  • dewiness
  • dewily
  • dewy-eyed
  • deuhy
  • dewy
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