thombe
Middle English
Alternative forms
- thoume, thoumbe, þoume, thome, thom, þombe, thowmbe, þumbe, þoombe, þhomme, thumb
Etymology
From Old English þūma, from Proto-Germanic *þūmô.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈθuːmb(ə)/, /ˈθumb(ə)/, /ˈθuːm(ə)/
Noun
thombe (plural þombes)
- thumb (opposable digit)
- A thumb-length as a unit of length.
- (rare) The largest toe; the big toe.
Descendants
- English: thumb
- Scots: thoum
- Yola: thoome, thoume
References
- “thǒume (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-16.