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DawEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
* As an English surname, from a Middle English short form of David. Also a nickname from the (jack)daw. Compare Davey, Dakin. * Also as an English surname, from a rhyming pet form of Raw, a name related to Rauf; compare Ralph, Rawe, Rawson, Dawkins, Dawson. * As an Arabic surname, from ضوء (“light”). * As an Irish surname, from Ó Deaghaidh (literally “descendant of Deaghadh”), from deag (“good”) + ádh (“fate”), comparable to Goodwin.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗DawEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
From Burmese ဒေါ် (dau, “madam”).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗dawEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
From Middle English dawe, from Old English *dāwe, from Proto-West Germanic *dāhwā. Cognate with German Dahle, Dohle, dialectal Tach.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗dawEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
From Middle English dawen, from Old English dagian (“to dawn”), from Proto-West Germanic *dagēn, from Proto-Germanic *dagāną (“to become day, dawn”), from *dagaz (“day”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn”). More at day, dawn.
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Mayhew–Skeat (1888)
1888; pinned HTML transcription updated October 28, 2024- DawMiddle English · word_daw_sb_1
Daw, sb. dew, S; see Dew.
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Daw, sb. day, S2; see Day.
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Source section: Additions and Corrections. This separately printed note may duplicate a correction already integrated in the source dictionary. Daw, sb. day, S2; see Day.
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