Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗To furnish (a stocking, etc.) with a toe. · To touch, tap or kick with the toes. · To touch or reach with the toes; to come fully up to. · To fasten (a piece) by driving a fastener at a near-45-degree angle through the side (of the piece) into the piece to which it is to be fastened.
Each of the five digits on the end of the human foot. · The equivalent part in an animal. · The part of a shoe or sock covering the toe. · Something resembling a toe, especially at the bottom or extreme end of something.
From Middle English to, from Old English tā, (Mercian) tāhe, from Proto-West Germanic *taihā, from Proto-Germanic *taihwǭ, from *tīhwaną (“to show, announce”), from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (“to show”). Cognate with Dutch teen, German Zehe, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish tå, Faroese and Icelandic tá; also Old English teōn (“to accuse”), German zeihen (“to accuse, blame”); see also Hittite [script needed] (tekkuššāi), Latin dīcere (“to say”), digitus (“finger”), Ancient Greek δείκνυμι (deíknumi, “to point out, show”), Sanskrit दिदेष्टि (dídeṣṭi), दिशति (diśáti).
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- Root classification mention*deyḱ-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentiontoenm
- Inherited-form mentiontāang
- Inherited-form mention*taihāgmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*taihwǭgem-pro
- Inherited-form mention*deyḱ-ine-pro · to show
- Cognate mentionteennl
- Cognate mentionZehede
- Cognate mentionteōnang
- Cognate mentionzeihende
- Cognate mentiondīcerela
- Cognate mentionδείκνυμιgrc
- Cognate mentionदिदेष्टिsa
This page abbreviates 11 auxiliary source items. The etymology narrative is not shortened. Omission counts are available in the audit fields below; consult the original for complete auxiliary material.
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