þuma

See also: yuma and Yuma

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þūmô, from Proto-Indo-European *tūmon- (“thick finger”), from *tūm-, *tū- ‘swell’. Cognate with Old Frisian thūma (West Frisian tomme), Old Saxon thūmo (Low German Dumen or Duum), Dutch duim, Old High German dūmo (German Daumen), Danish tomme, Swedish tumme; and also with Latin tumēre ‘to swell’, through the Indo-European root.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈθuːmɑ/

Noun

þuma m

thumb

Declension

Declension of þuma (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	þūma	þūman
accusative	þūman	þūman
genitive	þūman	þūmena
dative	þūman	þūmum

Descendants

Middle English: thombe, thoume, thoumbe
- English: thumb
- Scots: thoum

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