Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/taihā

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

Alternative forms

*taiwā^[1]

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *taihwǭ.

Noun

*taihā f^[2]

toe

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*taihā
Genitive	*taihōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*taihā	*taihōn
Accusative	*taihōn	*taihōn
Genitive	*taihōn	*taihōnō
Dative	*taihōn	taihōm, taihum
Instrumental	*taihōn	taihōm, taihum

Descendants

Old English: tā, tāhe (Mercian)
- Middle English: ta, to
  - Scots: ta, tae
  - English: toe
Old Frisian: tāne (originally a plural?)
- Saterland Frisian: Tone
- West Frisian: tean
Old Saxon: *tēha
- Middle Low German: tē
  - Low German: Tehn, Töhn, Teuhn
Old Dutch: *tēa
- Middle Dutch: tee
  - Dutch: teen (plural reanalysed as singular), toon (dialectal, also a plural reanalysed as singular)
    - Afrikaans: toon
Old High German: zēha
- Middle High German: zēhe, zē
  - Alemannic German: Zeewe
  - Bavarian: Zächa
  - Central Franconian: Zieh
  - German: Zehe, Zeh
  - Luxembourgish: Zéif
  - Pennsylvania German: Zehe, Zeh

References

^ Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) “teen1”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands‎^[1] (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press
^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 314: “PWGmc *taihā”

[1] Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) “teen1”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands‎^[1] (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press

[2] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 314: “PWGmc *taihā”

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