English
thigh
Thigh comes from Proto-Indo-European *tewk- ‘to become swollen, fat’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*tewk-‘to become swollen, fat’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*þeuhąreconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*þeuhreconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150þēoh
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500thigh
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1591–1595thigh
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*tewk-‘to become swollen, fat’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*þeuhąreconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*þeuhreconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150þēoh
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500thigh
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1591–1595thigh
Earliest quotation: c. 1591–1595, William Shakespeare, The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet: “I coniure thee by Rosalines bright eyes, By her…”
Every English word from Proto-Indo-European *tewk-
Today it means
noun The upper leg of a human, between the hip and the knee.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *tewk- / thigh