Zeewe

Etymology

From Old High German *zēwa, a regional variant of zēha, from Proto-Germanic *taihwǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (“to point out”). Cognate with Luxembourgish Zéif, German Zehe (“clove, toe”), Dutch teen, West Frisian tean, English toe, Icelandic tá, Swedish tå. From the same Proto-Indo-European root as Ancient Greek δίκη (díkē, “custom, law, trial, justice”), Sanskrit दिशा (diśā, “direction”), Latin digitus (“finger, toe, twig”).

Noun

Zeewe m

1. (Uri, anatomy) toe

References

• Abegg, Emil (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & co., page 24.