Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þūmô

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *tum- (“to swell, be thick”), from Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- (“to swell”). Cognate with Latin tumor (“swelling, tumor”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθuː.mɔːː/

Noun

*þūmô m

1. thumb

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *þūmô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*þūmô	*þūmaniz
vocative	*þūmô	*þūmaniz
accusative	*þūmanų	*þūmanunz
genitive	*þūminiz	*þūmanǫ̂
dative	*þūmini	*þūmammaz
instrumental	*þūminē	*þūmammiz

Derived terms

• *þūmilaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *þūmō
  • Old English: þūma
    • 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
      • Cimbrian: daumo
      • German: Daumen
      • Luxembourgish: Daum
• Old Norse: *þumi
  • ⇒ Old Gutnish: ᚦᚢᛘᛒᛚᛁᚾᚵᛁ
  • Icelandic: þumi
  • Faroese: tummi
  • Norn: tum
  • Old Swedish: þumi
    • Swedish: tumme, tum
  • Danish: tomme
    • → Icelandic: tomma
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: tomme
  • Old Gutnish:
    • Gutnish: tumme