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

1. 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