Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þūmô

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Proto-Germanic

Etymology

    From Proto-Indo-European *tu(h₂)m-ō, from *tum- (“to swell”), thus "big swollen finger" > "thumb". Cognate with Sanskrit तुम्र (túmra, “strong, big”), Latin tumor (“swelling, tumor”), Lithuanian tumė́ti (“to coagulate”), Welsh twf (“strength”).[1]

    Pronunciation

    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

    Descendants

    References

    1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*þū̆man-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 550
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