Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/taihwǭ

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *deyḱ- (“to point out”). Cognate with Latin digitus (“toe, finger, digit”), Latin dīcō (“say, indicate, point out”).

Noun

*taihwǭ f

1. toe

Inflection

Declension of *taihwǭ (ōn-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	*taihwǭ	*taihwōniz
vocative	*taihwǭ	*taihwōniz
accusative	*taihwōnų	*taihwōnunz
genitive	*taihwōniz	*taihwōnǫ̂
dative	*taihwōni	*taihwōmaz
instrumental	*taihwōnē	*taihwōmiz

Descendants

• Old English: tā, tāhe (Mercian)
  • Middle English: ta, to
    • Scots: ta, tae
    • English: toe
• Old Frisian: tāne (originally a plural?)
  • Saterland Frisian: Toone
  • West Frisian: tean
• Old Saxon: *tēha
  • Middle Low German: tē
• Old Dutch: *tēa
  • Middle Dutch: tee
    • Dutch: teen (plural reanalysed as singular), toon (dialectal, also a plural renanalysed as singular)
      • Afrikaans: toon
• Old High German: zēha
  • Middle High German: zēhe, zëhe, zē
    • Alemannic German: Zêwe
    • German: Zehe, Zeh
    • Luxembourgish: Zéif
• Old Norse: tá
  • Icelandic: tá
  • Faroese: tá
  • Norwegian: tå
  • Old Swedish: tā
    • Swedish: tå
  • Old Danish: tā
    • Danish: tå
  • Westrobothnian: tâ
  • Scanian: tå