Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þūmô

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Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *tum- (“to swell, be thick”), from Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- (“to swell”). Cognate with Latin tumor (“swelling, tumor”).

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

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