Appendix:Proto-Germanic/taihwǭ

This entry contains Proto-Germanic 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 dīcō.

Noun

*taihwǭ f

1. toe

Declension

Declension of *taihwǭ (ōn-stem)

Case	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?)
  • West Frisian: tean
• Old Saxon: *tēha
  • Middle Low German: tē
• Old Dutch: *tēa
  • Middle Dutch: tee
    • Dutch: teen (the old plural, reanalysed as singular)
• Old High German: zēha
  • Middle High German: zēhe, zëhe, zē
    • German: Zehe, Zeh
• Old Norse: tá
  • Icelandic: tá
  • Faroese: tá
  • Norwegian: tå
  • Swedish: tå
  • Danish: tå