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Where does “þauh” come from?

þauh (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

þauh (Proto-Germanic): nevertheless, though

Definitions

  1. nevertheless, though

Ancestry of “þauh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
2Proto-Germanic-hwe—
3Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

Words derived from “þauh”

  • jedoch
  • doch
  • toki
  • doch
  • toch
  • dock
  • dog
  • þeah
  • þó
  • þó
  • þótt
  • toch
  • doch
  • doh
  • doch
  • דאָך
  • dach
  • doch
  • thōh
  • thoh
  • þauh
  • dog
  • dogh
  • thoch
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