touw
Dutch (Brabantic)
/tɑu̯/
noun
Definitions
- rope
- (chiefly diminutive) string
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch touwe inherited from Old Dutch *tou inherited from Proto-Germanic *tawwą.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*tawwą
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- betow English
- heretog English
- tow English
- tow truck English
- towable English
- towage English
- towaway English
- towback English
- towball English
- towboat English
- towee English
- towfish English
- towhead English
- towheaded English
- towline English
- towmaster English
- townet English
- towpath English
- towrope English
- towsack English
- towship English
- towtruck English
- towy English
- undertow English
- wantoe English
- Schlepptau German
- Sonnentau German
- Tau German
- Tautropfen German
- taufrisch German
- houden Dutch, Flemish
- houwtouw Dutch, Flemish
- jaagtouw Dutch, Flemish
- jagen Dutch, Flemish
- slager Dutch, Flemish
- sleeptouw Dutch, Flemish
- slepen Dutch, Flemish
- touwslager Dutch, Flemish
- touwwerk Dutch, Flemish
- voor Dutch, Flemish
- voortouw Dutch, Flemish
- werk Dutch, Flemish
- zwaar Dutch, Flemish
- zwaartouw Dutch, Flemish
- швартов Russian
- *dʰewh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- taue Norwegian Bokmål
- toa Portuguese
- *tanhwō Proto-Germanic
- *tawwą Proto-Germanic
- towen Middle English
- tó Old Norse
- tó Icelandic
- touwe Middle Dutch
- tou Afrikaans
- tó Faroese
- *tou Old Dutch
- tou Western Frisian
- tou Old Frisian