Where does “tou” come from?

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

tou (Old High German): dew

Definitions

  1. dew

Ancestry of “tou”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*dawwaz—
2Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze

Words derived from “tou”

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