Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/taihwǭ

This Proto-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.

From Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (“to point out”). Cognate with Latin digitus (“toe, finger, digit”), Latin dīcō (“say, indicate, point out”).

*taihwǭ f

1. toe

• Proto-West Germanic: *taihā
  • Old English: tā, tāhe (Mercian)
    • Middle English: ta, to
      • Scots: ta, tae
      • English: toe
  • 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)
        • 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 Nynorsk: tå
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tå
  • Swedish: tå
  • Danish: tå