tomme
Danish
[ˈtˢʌmə]
noun
Definitions
- (historical) inch a unit of length equal to one-twelfth of a foot, in Denmark 2.62 cm until 1907, in English-speaking countries 2.54 cm
Etymology
Inherited from Old Danish thumæ inherited from Old Norse *þumi derived from Proto-Germanic *þumô.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*þumô
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bethumb English
- tearthumb English
- thimble English
- thimbleberry English
- thimbled English
- thimbleeye English
- thimbleful English
- thimbleman English
- thimblerig English
- thimblerigger English
- thimbleweed English
- thumb English
- thumb-sketch English
- thumb-toe English
- thumbable English
- thumbboard English
- thumber English
- thumbhole English
- thumbkin English
- thumbless English
- thumblike English
- thumbling English
- thumbmark English
- thumbmarked English
- thumbnail English
- thumbnut English
- thumbpad English
- thumbpiece English
- thumbpot English
- thumbprint English
- thumbprinted English
- thumbscrew English
- thumbshot English
- thumbstall English
- thumbstick English
- thumbstroke English
- thumbsucker English
- thumbsucking English
- thumbtack English
- thumbwheel English
- thumby English
- Daumen German
- Däumling German
- Nintendo-duim Dutch, Flemish
- deurduim Dutch, Flemish
- duim Dutch, Flemish
- duimen Dutch, Flemish
- duimstok Dutch, Flemish
- дюйм Russian
- tommelfinger Norwegian Bokmål
- *þumô Proto-Germanic
- *þūmô Proto-Germanic
- tumme Swedish
- tumnagel Swedish
- tumregel Swedish
- tommelfinger Norwegian Nynorsk
- þuma Old English
- thombe Middle English
- thymbyll Middle English
- *þumi Old Norse
- þumalfingr Old Norse
- þumall Old Norse
- tommel Danish
- tommelfinger Danish
- tomma Icelandic
- dim Indonesian
- dume Middle Dutch
- duim Afrikaans
- dūme Middle High German
- thoum Scots
- dùim Papiamentu
- thumæ Old Danish