古英語のthawianから、原ゲルマン語*thawonから、PIE*ta, to thawから、語源的にはラテン語のtabes, to melt, to decayと同じ。
英語の語源
thaw (n.)
"the melting of ice or snow," also "spell of weather causing this," c. 1400, from thaw (v.). Figurative sense is from 1590s; specifically "relaxation of political harshness or hostility" from 1950, an image from the "Cold War."
thaw (v.)
Old English tawian (transitive), from Proto-Germanic *thawon- (cognates: Old Norse teyja, Middle Low German doien, Dutch dooien, Old High German douwen, German tauen "to thaw"), from PIE root *ta- "to melt, dissolve" (cognates: Sanskrit toyam "water," Ossetic thayun "to thaw," Welsh tawadd "molten," Doric Greek takein "to melt, waste, be consumed," Old Irish tam "pestilence," Latin tabes "a melting, wasting away, putrefaction," Old Church Slavonic tajati "to melt"). Intransitive sense from early 14c. Related: Thawed; thawing.
例文
1. At least this second meeting had helped to thaw the atmosphere.
この2回目の会議は、少なくとも雰囲気を緩和する役割を果たしている。
2.I remember to thaw out the chicken before I leave home.
出かける前に鶏肉を溶かすことを覚えています。
3.It took up to Christmas for political relations to thaw .
クリスマスまで政治関係は改善されなかった。
4. Thaw it out completely before reheating in a saucepan.
まず完全に溶かしてから、フライパンに入れて再加熱します。
5.We slogged through the mud of an early spring thaw .