þeoh

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þeuhą, from Proto-Indo-European *tewk-. Cognate with Old Frisian thiāch, Old Saxon thio, Dutch dij, Old High German dioh, Old Norse þjó; and more distantly with Russian тук (tuk, “animal fat”), Lithuanian tukti (“become fat”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /θeːox/

Noun

þēoh n

thigh

Descendants

Middle English: thighe, thehe
- English: thigh
- Scots: thee

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