þuma

See also: yuma and Yuma

Old English

Alternative forms

  • *ᚦᚢᛗᚪ (*þuma)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þūmō, from Proto-Germanic *þūmô.

Cognate with Old Frisian thūma (West Frisian tomme), Old Saxon thūmo (Low German Dumen or Duum), Dutch duim, Old High German dūmo (German Daumen), Danish tomme, Swedish tumme; and also with Latin tumēre (“to swell”), through the Indo-European root.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθuː.mɑ/

Noun

þūma m

  1. thumb

Declension

Weak:

singular plural
nominative þūma þūman
accusative þūman þūman
genitive þūman þūmena
dative þūman þūmum

Descendants

  • Middle English: thombe
    • English: thumb
    • Scots: thoum
    • Yola: thoome, thoume
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