Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/þeuh

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 *þeuhą.

Noun

*þeuh n

thigh

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*þeuh
Genitive	*þeuhas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*þeuh	*þeuhu
Accusative	*þeuh	*þeuhu
Genitive	*þeuhas	*þeuhō
Dative	*þeuhē	*þeuhum
Instrumental	*þeuhu	*þeuhum

Descendants

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)