Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/taugō

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to draw, pull”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑu̯.ɣɔː/

Noun

*taugō f

1. cord, string, rope

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *taugō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*taugō	*taugôz
vocative	*taugō	*taugôz
accusative	*taugǭ	*taugōz
genitive	*taugōz	*taugǫ̂
dative	*taugōi	*taugōmaz
instrumental	*taugō	*taugōmiz

Synonyms

• *tawwą

Descendants

• Old English: tēag
  • Middle English: teye, teȝe, tei, teiȝe, tey, tieghe, tye, tyȝe
    • English: tie, tye
      • → Swazi: thayi
    • Scots: tie, tee
• Old Dutch: *touga
  • Middle Dutch: toge, toog, tooch
    • ⇒ Middle Dutch: tochener, toichener
      • Dutch: togenaar (obsolete)
• Old Norse: taug; tog n (from *tugą)
  • Icelandic: taug f; tog n
  • Faroese: tog n
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: taug f; tog n, tau
  • Old Swedish: tugh, togh
    • Swedish: tåg
  • Danish: tov, (obsolete) toug
    • Norwegian Bokmål: tau
• → Proto-Finnic: *tauko (see there for further descendants)