toth

See also: Tóth, toþ, and Toth

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old English tōþ, form Proto-West Germanic *tanþ, from Proto-Germanic *tanþs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /toːθ/

Noun

toth (plural teth or ten)

  1. A tooth (projection of the mouth)
  2. A tusk (elongated, pointed tooth)
  3. A protuberance; a sharp point.
  4. A spine or prickle on a plant.
  5. (figurative) A desire or longing (especially for food).

Descendants

  • English: tooth
  • Scots: tuth, tuith

References

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *tanþ, from Proto-Germanic *tanþs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts. Cognates include Old English tōþ, Old Saxon tand and Old Dutch tant.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtoːθ/

Noun

tōth m

  1. tooth

Inflection

Declension of tōth (masculine consonant stem)
singular plural
nominative tōth tēth
accusative tōth tēth
genitive tōthes tōtha
dative tōthe tōthum, tōthem

Synonyms

Descendants

  • North Frisian:
    Föhr-Amrum: tus
    Mooring: täis
    Sylt: Ter

References

  • Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009), An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN