tadige

Old English

Alternative forms

• tādie

Etymology

Of uncertain origin and not clearly related to any Germanic languages outside of Old English. Liberman argues that it's best understood as an expressive or sound-symbolic development within Old English. He rejects connections to tosca (“toad”) and Old High German zuscen (“to burn”) as weak conjectures.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑː.di.je/

Noun

tādiġe f

1. toad

Descendants

• Middle English: tode, toode, tade, tadde, toade
  • English: toad
  • Scots: tade, taid, taed, ted