"þūmô" meaning in Proto-Germanic

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Noun

IPA: /ˈθuː.mɔːː/
Etymology: From Proto-Indo-European *tu(h₂)m-ō, from *tum- (“to swell”), thus "big swollen finger" > "thumb". Cognate with Sanskrit तुम्र (túmra, “strong, big”), Latin tumor (“swelling, tumor”), Lithuanian tumė́ti (“to coagulate”), Welsh twf (“strength”). Etymology templates: {{etymon|gem-pro|der|ine-pro>*tum->swell|id=thumb}}, {{der|gem-pro|ine-pro||*tu(h₂)m-ō}} Proto-Indo-European *tu(h₂)m-ō, {{cog|sa|तुम्र|t=strong, big|tr=túmra}} Sanskrit तुम्र (túmra, “strong, big”), {{cog|la|tumor|t=swelling, tumor}} Latin tumor (“swelling, tumor”), {{cog|lt|tumė́ti|t=to coagulate}} Lithuanian tumė́ti (“to coagulate”), {{cog|cy|twf|t=strength}} Welsh twf (“strength”) Inflection templates: {{gem-decl-noun|g=m}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], þūmô [nominative, singular], þūmaniz [nominative, plural], þūmô [singular, vocative], þūmaniz [plural, vocative], þūmanų [accusative, singular], þūmanunz [accusative, plural], þūminiz [genitive, singular], þūmanǫ̂ [genitive, plural], þūmini [dative, singular], þūmammaz [dative, plural], þūminē [instrumental, singular], þūmammiz [instrumental, plural]
  1. thumb Wikipedia link: Brill Publishers Tags: masculine, reconstruction Derived forms: þūmilaz
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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmw-pro",
            "2": "*þūmō"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic: *þūmō\nOld English: þūma, *ᚦᚢᛗᚪ (*þuma)\nMiddle English: thombe\nEnglish: thumb\nScots: thoum\nYola: thoome, thoume\nOld Frisian: thūma\nNorth Frisian: tome, töme\nSaterland Frisian: Tume\nWest Frisian: tomme, tûme\nOld Saxon: thūmo\nMiddle Low German: dûme\nGerman Low German: Dumen, Dume, Duum\nPlautdietsch: Dumen\nOld Dutch: *thūmo\nMiddle Dutch: dume\nDutch: duim, (archaic) dom\nAfrikaans: duim\nNegerhollands: tompi\n→ Aukan: doin\n→ Caribbean Hindustani: doi\n→ Caribbean Javanese: dim\n→ Indonesian: dim\n→ Papiamentu: dùim, duim\n→ Russian: дюйм (djujm)\nLimburgish: doem, doemb\nOld High German: dūmo\nMiddle High German: dūme, doume, tūme\nCimbrian: daumo\nGerman: Daumen\nCentral Franconian:\nHunsrik: Daume\nLuxembourgish: Daum\nRhine Franconian:\nPennsylvania German: Daume",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-West Germanic: *þūmō\nOld English: þūma, *ᚦᚢᛗᚪ (*þuma)\nMiddle English: thombe\nEnglish: thumb\nScots: thoum\nYola: thoome, thoume\nOld Frisian: thūma\nNorth Frisian: tome, töme\nSaterland Frisian: Tume\nWest Frisian: tomme, tûme\nOld Saxon: thūmo\nMiddle Low German: dûme\nGerman Low German: Dumen, Dume, Duum\nPlautdietsch: Dumen\nOld Dutch: *thūmo\nMiddle Dutch: dume\nDutch: duim, (archaic) dom\nAfrikaans: duim\nNegerhollands: tompi\n→ Aukan: doin\n→ Caribbean Hindustani: doi\n→ Caribbean Javanese: dim\n→ Indonesian: dim\n→ Papiamentu: dùim, duim\n→ Russian: дюйм (djujm)\nLimburgish: doem, doemb\nOld High German: dūmo\nMiddle High German: dūme, doume, tūme\nCimbrian: daumo\nGerman: Daumen\nCentral Franconian:\nHunsrik: Daume\nLuxembourgish: Daum\nRhine Franconian:\nPennsylvania German: Daume"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "non",
            "2": "*þumi"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Norse: *þumi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Norse: *þumi"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmq-ogt",
            "2": "ᚦᚢᛘᛒᛚᛁᚾᚵᛁ",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Old Gutnish: ᚦᚢᛘᛒᛚᛁᚾᚵᛁ",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Old Gutnish: ᚦᚢᛘᛒᛚᛁᚾᚵᛁ"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "is",
            "2": "þumi"
          },
          "expansion": "Icelandic: þumi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Icelandic: þumi"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fo",
            "2": "tummi"
          },
          "expansion": "Faroese: tummi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Faroese: tummi"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nrn",
            "2": "tum"
          },
          "expansion": "Norn: tum",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norn: tum"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmq-osw",
            "2": "þumi"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Swedish: þumi\nSwedish: tumme, tum",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Swedish: þumi\nSwedish: tumme, tum"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "tomme"
          },
          "expansion": "Danish: tomme",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Danish: tomme"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "is",
            "2": "tomma",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Icelandic: tomma",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Icelandic: tomma"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nb",
            "2": "tomme",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Norwegian Bokmål: tomme",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Norwegian Bokmål: tomme"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmq-ogt",
            "2": ""
          },
          "expansion": "Old Gutnish:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Gutnish:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmq-gut",
            "2": "tumme"
          },
          "expansion": "Gutnish: tumme",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gutnish: tumme"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "der",
        "3": "ine-pro>*tum->swell",
        "id": "thumb"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "",
        "4": "*tu(h₂)m-ō"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *tu(h₂)m-ō",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "तुम्र",
        "t": "strong, big",
        "tr": "túmra"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit तुम्र (túmra, “strong, big”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "tumor",
        "t": "swelling, tumor"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin tumor (“swelling, tumor”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "tumė́ti",
        "t": "to coagulate"
      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian tumė́ti (“to coagulate”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "twf",
        "t": "strength"
      },
      "expansion": "Welsh twf (“strength”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-European *tu(h₂)m-ō, from *tum- (“to swell”), thus \"big swollen finger\" > \"thumb\". Cognate with Sanskrit तुम्र (túmra, “strong, big”), Latin tumor (“swelling, tumor”), Lithuanian tumė́ti (“to coagulate”), Welsh twf (“strength”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gem-decl-noun",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þūmô",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þūmaniz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þūmô",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þūmaniz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þūmanų",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þūmanunz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þūminiz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þūmanǫ̂",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þūmini",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þūmammaz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þūminē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þūmammiz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m"
      },
      "name": "gem-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gem-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þūmô",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "þūmilaz"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "thumb"
      ],
      "id": "en-þūmô-gem-pro-noun-Be7sLXCE",
      "links": [
        [
          "thumb",
          "thumb"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "reconstruction"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Brill Publishers"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈθuː.mɔːː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "þūmô"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "þūmilaz"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmw-pro",
            "2": "*þūmō"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic: *þūmō\nOld English: þūma, *ᚦᚢᛗᚪ (*þuma)\nMiddle English: thombe\nEnglish: thumb\nScots: thoum\nYola: thoome, thoume\nOld Frisian: thūma\nNorth Frisian: tome, töme\nSaterland Frisian: Tume\nWest Frisian: tomme, tûme\nOld Saxon: thūmo\nMiddle Low German: dûme\nGerman Low German: Dumen, Dume, Duum\nPlautdietsch: Dumen\nOld Dutch: *thūmo\nMiddle Dutch: dume\nDutch: duim, (archaic) dom\nAfrikaans: duim\nNegerhollands: tompi\n→ Aukan: doin\n→ Caribbean Hindustani: doi\n→ Caribbean Javanese: dim\n→ Indonesian: dim\n→ Papiamentu: dùim, duim\n→ Russian: дюйм (djujm)\nLimburgish: doem, doemb\nOld High German: dūmo\nMiddle High German: dūme, doume, tūme\nCimbrian: daumo\nGerman: Daumen\nCentral Franconian:\nHunsrik: Daume\nLuxembourgish: Daum\nRhine Franconian:\nPennsylvania German: Daume",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-West Germanic: *þūmō\nOld English: þūma, *ᚦᚢᛗᚪ (*þuma)\nMiddle English: thombe\nEnglish: thumb\nScots: thoum\nYola: thoome, thoume\nOld Frisian: thūma\nNorth Frisian: tome, töme\nSaterland Frisian: Tume\nWest Frisian: tomme, tûme\nOld Saxon: thūmo\nMiddle Low German: dûme\nGerman Low German: Dumen, Dume, Duum\nPlautdietsch: Dumen\nOld Dutch: *thūmo\nMiddle Dutch: dume\nDutch: duim, (archaic) dom\nAfrikaans: duim\nNegerhollands: tompi\n→ Aukan: doin\n→ Caribbean Hindustani: doi\n→ Caribbean Javanese: dim\n→ Indonesian: dim\n→ Papiamentu: dùim, duim\n→ Russian: дюйм (djujm)\nLimburgish: doem, doemb\nOld High German: dūmo\nMiddle High German: dūme, doume, tūme\nCimbrian: daumo\nGerman: Daumen\nCentral Franconian:\nHunsrik: Daume\nLuxembourgish: Daum\nRhine Franconian:\nPennsylvania German: Daume"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "non",
            "2": "*þumi"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Norse: *þumi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Norse: *þumi"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmq-ogt",
            "2": "ᚦᚢᛘᛒᛚᛁᚾᚵᛁ",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Old Gutnish: ᚦᚢᛘᛒᛚᛁᚾᚵᛁ",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Old Gutnish: ᚦᚢᛘᛒᛚᛁᚾᚵᛁ"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "is",
            "2": "þumi"
          },
          "expansion": "Icelandic: þumi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Icelandic: þumi"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fo",
            "2": "tummi"
          },
          "expansion": "Faroese: tummi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Faroese: tummi"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nrn",
            "2": "tum"
          },
          "expansion": "Norn: tum",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norn: tum"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmq-osw",
            "2": "þumi"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Swedish: þumi\nSwedish: tumme, tum",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Swedish: þumi\nSwedish: tumme, tum"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "tomme"
          },
          "expansion": "Danish: tomme",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Danish: tomme"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "is",
            "2": "tomma",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Icelandic: tomma",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Icelandic: tomma"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nb",
            "2": "tomme",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Norwegian Bokmål: tomme",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Norwegian Bokmål: tomme"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmq-ogt",
            "2": ""
          },
          "expansion": "Old Gutnish:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Gutnish:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmq-gut",
            "2": "tumme"
          },
          "expansion": "Gutnish: tumme",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gutnish: tumme"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "der",
        "3": "ine-pro>*tum->swell",
        "id": "thumb"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "",
        "4": "*tu(h₂)m-ō"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *tu(h₂)m-ō",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "तुम्र",
        "t": "strong, big",
        "tr": "túmra"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit तुम्र (túmra, “strong, big”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "tumor",
        "t": "swelling, tumor"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin tumor (“swelling, tumor”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "tumė́ti",
        "t": "to coagulate"
      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian tumė́ti (“to coagulate”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "twf",
        "t": "strength"
      },
      "expansion": "Welsh twf (“strength”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-European *tu(h₂)m-ō, from *tum- (“to swell”), thus \"big swollen finger\" > \"thumb\". Cognate with Sanskrit तुम्र (túmra, “strong, big”), Latin tumor (“swelling, tumor”), Lithuanian tumė́ti (“to coagulate”), Welsh twf (“strength”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gem-decl-noun",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þūmô",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þūmaniz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þūmô",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þūmaniz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þūmanų",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þūmanunz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þūminiz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þūmanǫ̂",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þūmini",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þūmammaz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þūminē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þūmammiz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m"
      },
      "name": "gem-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gem-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þūmô",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Proto-Germanic an-stem nouns",
        "Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Proto-Germanic lemmas",
        "Proto-Germanic masculine nouns",
        "Proto-Germanic nouns",
        "Proto-Germanic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Proto-Germanic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *tum-",
        "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "gem-pro:Body parts"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "thumb"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "thumb",
          "thumb"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "reconstruction"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Brill Publishers"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈθuː.mɔːː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "þūmô"
}

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