þuma

== Old English == === Alternative forms === ðūma === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *þūmō, from Proto-Germanic *þūmô. Cognate with Old Frisian thūma (West Frisian tomme), Old Saxon thūmo (Low German Dumen or Duum), Dutch duim, Old High German dūmo (German Daumen), Danish tomme, Swedish tumme; and also with Latin tumēre (“to swell”), through the Indo-European root. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈθuː.mɑ/ Rhymes: -uː.mɑ === Noun === þūma m thumb Laws of King Æþelberht ==== Declension ==== Weak: ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: thombeEnglish: thumbScots: thoumYola: thoome, thoume, thouum