Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þeuhą

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *tewk-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθeu̯.xɑ̃/

Noun

*þeuhą n

1. thigh

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *þeuhą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*þeuhą	*þeuhō
vocative	*þeuhą	*þeuhō
accusative	*þeuhą	*þeuhō
genitive	*þeuhas, *þiuhis	*þeuhǫ̂
dative	*þiuhai	*þeuhamaz
instrumental	*þeuhō	*þeuhamiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *þeuh
  • 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)
• Old Norse: þjó
  • Icelandic: þjó
  • Faroese: tjógv
  • Norn: tjug
  • Norwegian: tjo
  • Helsingian: tjö
  • Gutnish: tiau, tjauv, tjaug