*taihwǭ

Runic: ᛏᚨᛁᚺᚹᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈtɑi̯.xʷɔ̃ː/

noun · feminine · ōn-stem

Meanings

toe

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *doyḱ-weh₂-, from *deyḱ- (‘to point out’). Cognate with Latin digitus (‘toe, finger, digit’), Latin dīcō (‘say, indicate, point out’).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.taihwǭtaihwōniz
Acc.taihwōnųtaihwōnunz
Gen.taihwōniztaihwōnǫ̂
Dat.taihwōnitaihwōmaz
Inst.taihwōnētaihwōmiz
Voc.taihwǭtaihwōniz

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Descendants

  • *taihā (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *tēa (Old Dutch)
      • tee (Middle Dutch)
        • teen, toon (Dutch)
          • toon (Afrikaans)
  • *taihā (Proto-West Germanic)
    • tā, tāhe (Old English)
      • ta, to (Middle English)
        • toe (English)
        • ta, tae (Scots)
  • *taihā (Proto-West Germanic)
    • tāne (Old Frisian)
      • Tone (Saterland Frisian)
      • tean (West Frisian)
  • *taihā (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *zēha (Old High German)
      • zēhe, zē (Middle High German)
        • Zeewe (Alemannic German)
        • Zächa (Bavarian)
        • Zieh (Central Franconian)
        • Zehe, Zeh (German)
        • Zéif (Luxembourgish)
        • Zehe, Zeh (Pennsylvania German)
  • *taihā (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *tēha (Old Saxon)
      • tēhe, tē (Middle Low German)
        • Tehn, Töhn, Teuhn (Low German)
  • tá (Old Norse)
    • tå (Danish)
    • tá (Faroese)
    • tá (Icelandic)
    • tå (Norwegian Bokmål)
    • tå (Norwegian Nynorsk)
    • tå (Swedish)

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