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

thigh

Inflection

Declension of *þeuhą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*þeuhą	*þeuhō
vocative	*þeuhą	*þeuhō
accusative	*þeuhą	*þeuhō
genitive	þeuhas, þeuhis	*þeuhǫ̂
dative	*þeuhai	*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
- Gutnish: tiau, tjauv, tjaug