thombe

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See also: þombe

Middle English

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English þūma, from Proto-West Germanic *þūmō, from Proto-Germanic *þūmô.

As shown by their early attestation, spellings with final -b- are not mere hypercorrect forms, but rather represent pronunciations with /b/; such pronunciations presumably originated in a plural *thomben (from Old English þūman). Such a plural form is also presumably the origin of variants with a short vowel.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθumb(ə)/, /ˈθuːmb(ə)/, /ˈθum(ə)/, /ˈθuːm(ə)/

Noun

thombe (plural thombes)

  1. thumb (opposable digit)
  2. thumb-length (unit of length)
  3. (rare) big toe
Descendants
  • English: thumb
  • Scots: thoum
  • Yola: thoome, thoume
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Etymology 2

Noun

thombe (plural thombes)

  1. Alternative form of tombe (tomb)