þuma

See also: yuma and Yuma

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þūmō, from Proto-Germanic *þūmô.

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): /ˈθuː.mɑ/

Noun

þūma 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
- English: thumb
- Scots: thoum
- Yola: thoome, thoume

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