Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/þeuh

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þeuhą.

Noun

*þeuh n

1. thigh

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*þeuh
Genitive	*þeuhas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*þeuh	*þeuhu
Accusative	*þeuh	*þeuhu
Genitive	*þeuhas	*þeuhō
Dative	*þeuhē	*þeuhum
Instrumental	*þeuhu	*þeuhum

Descendants

• Old English: þēoh
  • Middle English: þigh
    • English: thigh
    • Scots: thee
• Old Frisian: thiāch
  • West Frisian: tsjea
• Old Saxon: thioh, thio
  • Middle Low German: dêch, dê, dee
    • ⇒ Low German: Dickbeen
• Old Dutch: thīo
  • Middle Dutch: dië
    • Dutch: dij
      • Afrikaans: dy
    • Limburgish: die, diech
• Old High German: dioh
  • Middle High German: diech
    • German: Diech (obsolete)
      • >? German: Dickbein
    • Yiddish: דיך (dikh)