Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/dauw

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dawwą.

Noun

*dauw n

moisture
dew

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*dauw
Genitive	*dauwas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*dauw	*dauwu
Accusative	*dauw	*dauwu
Genitive	*dauwas	*dauwō
Dative	*dauwē	*dauwum
Instrumental	*dauwu	*dauwum

Descendants

Old English: dēaw m or n
- Middle English: dew, deau, deaw, deew, deu, dewe, dewȝ, dieuȝ; dæw (Ormulum)
  - English: dew
  - Scots: dew, deow, dyow
  - Yola: dhew
Old Frisian: dāw n
- North Frisian: dauw
- Saterland Frisian: Dau
- West Frisian: dau
Old Saxon: *dau
- Middle Low German: dow, douwe, dawe, dau
  - Low German: Dau
  - Plautdietsch: Deiw
Old Dutch: *dau, *dou
- Middle Dutch: dau
  - Dutch: dauw
    - Afrikaans: dou
    - Berbice Creole Dutch: dau
    - Negerhollands: douw, dou
    - → Papiamentu: dauw (dated)
    - Sranan Tongo: dow
Old High German: tou n or m
- Middle High German: tou, tau
  - German: Tau
  - Hunsrik: Daa
  - Luxembourgish: Da
  - Yiddish: טוי (toy)