Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗To gradually cause (something frozen, such as earth, ice, or snow) to melt or soften by raising the temperature. · To gradually cause (someone or something that is very cold) to warm up. · To cause (something inactive) to become active; also, to cause (something unfeeling) to have feelings. · To cause (someone or their feelings that are reserved or unfriendly) to become friendly or gentle.
A gradual melting or softening of something frozen (such as earth, ice, or snow) when the temperature rises; the transformation of something frozen into a fluid or semifluid. · A gradual warming up of someone or something that is very cold. · Of something inactive: an act of becoming active; also, of something unfeeling: an act of developing feelings. · Of a person who is reserved or unfriendly: an act of becoming friendly or gentle.
The verb is derived from Middle English thawen, thowen (“to melt (ice, snow, etc.), thaw”), from Old English þāwian, *þāwan (“to thaw”), from Proto-West Germanic *þauwjan (“to melt, thaw; to digest; to dissolve”), from Proto-Germanic *þawjaną (“to thaw”), from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂- (“to melt; to flow, stream”). The noun is derived from Late Middle English thawe, thowe (“melting of ice, snow, etc., thawing”), from thawen, thowen (verb) (see above). cognates * Dutch dooien (“to thaw”) * German tauen (“to thaw”) * German Low German deien (“to thaw”) * Icelandic þeyja (“to thaw”) * Saterland Frisian daie, dauje (“to thaw”) * Swedish töa (“to thaw”) * West Frisian teie (“to thaw”)
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- Root classification mention*teh₂-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionthawenenm
- Inherited-form mentionþāwianang
- Inherited-form mention*þauwjangmw-pro · to melt, thaw; to digest; to dissolve
- Inherited-form mention*þawjanągem-pro · to thaw
- Inherited-form mention*teh₂-ine-pro · to melt; to flow, stream
- Inherited-form mentionthaweenm
- Cognate mentiondooiennl · to thaw
- Cognate mentiontauende · to thaw
- Cognate mentionþeyjais · to thaw
- Cognate mentiondaiestq
- Cognate mentiontöasv · to thaw
- Cognate mentionteiefy · to thaw
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