toþ

See also: toth, Tóth, toy, Toy, tøy, -tøy, тоу, and тө.ү

Middle English

Noun

toþ

1. Alternative form of tothe

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *tanþ (by loss of the n and the resulting compensatory lengthening of the vowel).

Cognates with Old Frisian tōth, Old Saxon tand, Dutch tand, Old High German zan, zand (German Zahn), Old Norse tǫnn (Swedish tand), Gothic 𐍄𐌿𐌽𐌸𐌿𐍃 (tunþus); and with Sanskrit दन्त (danta) (Hindi दांत (dānt)), Ancient Greek ὀδών (odṓn), Latin dens (French dent), Old Irish dét, Lithuanian dantìs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toːθ/

Noun

tōþ m

1. tooth

Declension

Strong consonant stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	tōþ	tēþ
accusative	tōþ	tēþ
genitive	tōþes	tōþa
dative	tēþ	tōþum

Derived terms

• ġetēþed
• tōþlēas

Descendants

• Middle English: tothe, toth, tooth
  • Scots: tuth, tutht, tuith
  • English: tooth