Tau
German (Berlin)
/taʊ̯/
noun
Definitions
- dew
Etymology
Root from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (smoke, haze, raise dust, mist, come full circle, finish, fume, blow, dark, whisk, vapor, breath, gray, deep, camouflage).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*dʰewh₂-
Gloss
smoke, haze, raise dust, mist, come full circle, finish, fume, blow, dark, whisk, vapor, breath, gray, deep, camouflage
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
暗, 闇, 冥
Emoji
🌋 🚬
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- athymia English
- bedew English
- dew English
- dewberry English
- dewdrop English
- dewfall English
- dewless English
- dewlike English
- dewret English
- dewretting English
- dewshine English
- dewworm English
- dewy English
- dysthymia English
- honeydew English
- peppadew English
- sundew English
- taw English
- tawer English
- tawery English
- tawyer English
- tool English
- Februārius Latin
- favilla Latin
- feteo Latin
- fimum Latin
- fumigo Latin
- furo Latin
- fuscus Latin
- fētēre Latin
- fūlīginōsus Latin
- fūmigātus Latin
- ob- Latin
- suffio Latin
- Schlepptau German
- Sonne German
- Sonnentau German
- Tautropfen German
- Tropfen German
- frisch German
- schleppen German
- taufrisch German
- dauw Dutch, Flemish
- dauwdruppel Dutch, Flemish
- dauwtrappen Dutch, Flemish
- dauwvorst Dutch, Flemish
- houwtouw Dutch, Flemish
- jaagtouw Dutch, Flemish
- morgendauw Dutch, Flemish
- sleeptouw Dutch, Flemish
- touw Dutch, Flemish
- touwslager Dutch, Flemish
- touwwerk Dutch, Flemish
- voortouw Dutch, Flemish
- zonnedauw Dutch, Flemish
- zwaartouw Dutch, Flemish
- Τυφῶν Ancient Greek
- εὖ Ancient Greek
- θεῖον Ancient Greek
- θύμον Ancient Greek
- θύμος Ancient Greek
- θύος Ancient Greek
- θύω Ancient Greek
- ἀθυμία Ancient Greek
- *dʰegʷʰris Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰewh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰews- Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰowh₂-nis Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰuHnom Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰuh₂li- Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰuh₂mós Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰuh₂s- Proto-Indo-European
- *daugō Proto-Germanic
- *dawwaz Proto-Germanic
- *dawwō Proto-Germanic
- *dusnaz Proto-Germanic
- *dustą Proto-Germanic
- *dwemrą Proto-Germanic
- *dūjan- Proto-Germanic
- *dūnaz Proto-Germanic
- *dūnǭ Proto-Germanic
- dēagian Old English
- धूसर Sanskrit
- deien Middle English
- dew Middle English
- tawen Middle English
- dúil Irish
- dǫgg Old Norse
- dug Danish
- soldug Danish
- धूसर Hindi
- dafn Welsh
- dau Middle Dutch
- touwe Middle Dutch
- dou Afrikaans
- tou Afrikaans
- dùil Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- Da Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- Mielda Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *dusnos Proto-Celtic
- *dwīyūss Proto-Celtic
- *dūnom Proto-Celtic
- dyow Scots
- *dupsa Proto-Albanian
- *ən-dūja Proto-Albanian