toe

toe · noun, verb¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · inherited from*deyḱ-“to show”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*taihwǭ
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*taihā
4. Old English · inherited fromtā
5. Middle English · inherited fromto
6. English todaytoe

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).

Toe · proper noun²

1. Burmese · borrowed fromတို
2. English todayToe

Borrowed from Kru, but also from Burmese တို (tui). This surname is mostly found in Myanmar, followed by Liberia and Burkina Faso.

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