Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/þūmō

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þūmô, from Proto-Indo-European *tum-.

Noun

*þūmō m

thumb

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*þūmō
Genitive	þūmini, þūman
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*þūmō	*þūman
Accusative	*þūman	*þūman
Genitive	þūmini, þūman	*þūmanō
Dative	þūmini, þūman	*þūmum
Instrumental	þūmini, þūman	*þūmum

Derived terms

*þūmil

Descendants

Old English: þūma, *ᚦᚢᛗᚪ (*þuma)
- Middle English: thombe
  - English: thumb
  - Scots: thoum
  - Yola: thoome, thoume
Old Frisian: thūma
- North Frisian: tome, töme
- Saterland Frisian: Tume
- West Frisian: tomme, tûme
Old Saxon: thūmo
- Middle Low German: dûme
  - German Low German: Dumen, Dume, Duum
  - Plautdietsch: Dumen
Old Dutch: *thūmo
- Middle Dutch: dume
  - Dutch: duim, (archaic) dom
    - Afrikaans: duim
    - Negerhollands: tompi
    - → Aukan: doin
    - → Caribbean Hindustani: doi
    - → Caribbean Javanese: dim
    - → Indonesian: dim
    - → Papiamentu: dùim, duim
    - → Russian: дюйм (djujm)
  - Limburgish: doem, doemb
Old High German: dūmo
- Middle High German: dūme, doume, tūme
  - Cimbrian: daumo
  - German: Daumen
  - Central Franconian:
    - Hunsrik: Daume
    - Luxembourgish: Daum
  - Rhine Franconian:
    - Pennsylvania German: Daume