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

nevertheless, though

Descendants

Old English: þēah, þēh
- Middle English: thogh (through confluence with Old Norse þó)
  - English: though
  - Middle Scots: thoch, thocht, tho
    - Scots: 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
    - Danish: dog
  - → Norwegian Bokmål: dog
  - → Swedish: dock
Old Dutch: thoh
- Middle Dutch: doch, toch
  - Dutch: doch, toch
    - Afrikaans: dog, tog
Old High German: thōh, dōh, doh
- Middle High German: doch
  - Bavarian: do
  - German: doch
  - Luxembourgish: dach
  - Yiddish: דאָך (dokh)