Where does “þombe” come from?

þombe (Middle English) comes from Old English þūma, from Proto-West Germanic þūmō, from Proto-Germanic þūmô, from Proto-Indo-European tūm-, from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.

þombe (Middle English): thumb; thumb-length; big toe

Definitions

  1. thumb; thumb-length; big toe

Ancestry of “þombe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishþūmathumb
2Proto-West Germanicþūmōthumb
3Proto-Germanicþūmôthumb
4Proto-Indo-Europeantūm-to grow; to swell, to increase; to swell, be...
5Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong

Words derived from “þombe”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tūm- →Every word from Proto-Germanic þūmô →