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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

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *taihwǭ.

Noun

*taihā f[2]

  1. 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)
  • 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)
  • Old High German: zēha

References
  1. Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) “teen1”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands‎ (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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