Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/taihwǭ

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *deyḱ- (“to point out”). Cognate with Latin digitus (“toe, finger, digit”), Latin dīcō (“say, indicate, point out”).

Noun

*taihwǭ f

toe

Inflection

ōn-stemDeclension of *taihwǭ (ōn-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*taihwǭ	*taihwōniz
vocative	*taihwǭ	*taihwōniz
accusative	*taihwōnų	*taihwōnunz
genitive	*taihwōniz	*taihwōnǫ̂
dative	*taihwōni	*taihwōmaz
instrumental	*taihwōnē	*taihwōmiz

Descendants

Old English: tā, tāhe (Mercian)
- Middle English: ta, to
  - Scots: ta, tae
  - English: toe
Old Frisian: tāne (originally a plural?)
- Saterland Frisian: Toone
- West Frisian: tean
Old Saxon: *tēha
- Middle Low German: tē
Old Dutch: *tēa
- Middle Dutch: tee
  - Dutch: teen (plural reanalysed as singular), toon (dialectal, also a plural renanalysed 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
Old Norse: tá
- Icelandic: tá
- Faroese: tá
- Norwegian: tå
- Old Swedish: tā
  - Swedish: tå
- Old Danish: tā
  - Danish: tå
- Westrobothnian: tâ
- Scanian: tå