Tau
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /taʊ̯/
- Rhymes: -aʊ̯
Etymology 1
From Middle High German tou, from Old High German tou, from Proto-Germanic *dawwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“smoke, haze”). Compare Low German Dau, Dutch dauw, English dew, compare also Danish dug.
Declension
Related terms
- tauen (partly)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Middle Low German, from Old Saxon tou, from Proto-Germanic *tawwą.
Declension
Derived terms
- vertäuen
Etymology 3
From Ancient Greek, see tau.
Noun
Tau n (genitive Taus, plural Taus)
- tau (greek letter)
- 1866, Willibald Raila, Der Vokal-Akzent, ein bisher unformulirtes Gesez der Sprachen, insbesonders der deütschen Sprache, p. 35:
- Aus zwei Sigma zwei Tau, z. B. πραττειν – πρασσειν zu sprechen, ahmt der Deütsche auch dem Griechen nach, z. B. Splitter und Splisser.
- 1866, Willibald Raila, Der Vokal-Akzent, ein bisher unformulirtes Gesez der Sprachen, insbesonders der deütschen Sprache, p. 35:
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