Etymology

thighed

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Today it means: Having some specific type of thigh. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*tewk-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*tewkós
  3. Proto-Germanic*þeuhą
  4. Proto-West Germanic*þeuh
  5. Old Englishþēoh
  6. Middle Englishþigh
  7. Englishthigh
  8. English todaythighed

From thigh + -ed.

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