Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/þauh

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 *þauh.

    Adverb

    *þauh

    1. nevertheless, though

    Descendants

    • Old English: þēah, þēh
      • Middle English: thogh (through confluence with Old Norse þó)
        • English: though
        • Middle Scots: thoch, thocht, tho
    • Old Frisian: thāch
      • Saterland Frisian: dach, daach
      • West Frisian: dôch, dochs
    • Old Saxon: thōh
      • Middle Low German: doch
        • Low German: doch
        • Old Danish: dogh
        • Norwegian Bokmål: dog
        • Swedish: dock
    • Old Dutch: thoh
    • Old High German: thōh, dōh, doh