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:

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

Declension of toþ (strong consonant stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	tōþ	tēþ
accusative	tōþ	tēþ
genitive	tōþes	tōþa
dative	tēþ	tōþum

Derived terms

• tōþlēas

Descendants

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