Etymology

midthigh

M3I1D2T1H4I1G2H4

Today it means: The middle of the thigh (lengthwise) Full definition →

English thigh ← Middle English þigh ← Old English þēoh
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*me
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*médʰi
  4. Proto-Indo-European*médʰyos
  5. Proto-Germanic*midjaz
  6. Proto-West Germanic*midi
  7. Old Englishmidd
  8. Middle Englishmid
  9. Englishmid
  10. Englishmid-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*tewk-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*tewkós
  13. Proto-Germanic*þeuhą
  14. Proto-West Germanic*þeuh
  15. Old Englishþēoh
  16. Middle Englishþigh
  17. Englishthigh
  18. English todaymidthigh

From mid- + thigh.

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