Proto-Germanic: *ɵawjan-, *ɵawja-z, *ɵáwō, *ɵáwōn-
Meaning: melt
Old Norse: ɵeyja wk. `tauen'; ɵey-r m. `Tauwind', ɵā f. `schneefreies Feld'; ɵāna wk. `tauen' (poet.)
Norwegian: töya vb.; tɔ; dial. tɔna `schnefrei werden'
Swedish: töa vb.
Danish: tö vb.; tö `Tauwetter'
Old English: ɵawian `tauen'
English: thaw
Old Saxon: far-thewian
Middle Dutch: dooyen, verdouwen
Dutch: verduwen; { dooi }
Middle Low German: douwen, dōien `verdauen'
Old High German: thouwen, thewen `auflösen, verdauen' (um 800), fir-thouwen, -thewen (tr.) (9.Jh.)
Middle High German: döuwen, douwen, dɛwen wk. intr., tr. 'verdauen, verzehren'
German: verdauen
