English word origin

Etymology of Thaw

Anglicized from Welsh Ddawan, ddaw.

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Source etymology 1

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name

A river in South Wales which flows into the Bristol Channel at Aberthaw.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Anglicized from Welsh Ddawan, ddaw.

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Derivation mentionDdawancy

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Source etymology 2

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name

A surname from Burmese.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Borrowed from Burmese သော် (sau). It is also an English and Scottish surname, but without a certain origin.

Relationships mentioned by the source

These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.

Borrowed-form mentionသော်my

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Machine-source provenance

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