thigh

English

/θaɪ/

noun
Definitions
  • The upper leg of a human, between the hip and the knee.
  • That part of the leg of vertebrates (or sometimes other animals) which corresponds to the human thigh in position or function; the tibia of a horse, the tarsus of a bird; the third leg-section of an insect.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English thigh inherited from Old English þēoh (thigh) inherited from Proto-Germanic *þeuhą (thigh) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *tewk- (sprout, germ, seed, offspring).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*tewk-

Gloss

sprout, germ, seed, offspring

Concept
Semantic Field

Agriculture and vegetation

Ontological Category

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