Where does “þȳmel” come from?

þȳmel (Old 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.

þȳmel (Old English): thumbstall; fingerstall; thimble

Definitions

  1. thumbstall; fingerstall; thimble

Ancestry of “þȳmel”, step by step

þȳmel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English þūma

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

via Proto-Germanic þūmilaz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicþūmilazthumb-covering; thumb-sheath
2Proto-Germanic-ilazagent suffix; diminutive suffix
3Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “þȳmel”

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