toth

See also: Tóth, toþ, and Toth

Middle English

Alternative forms

• toeth, tooth, tooþ, tothe, toþ, toþe, tuth, tuthe
• toð (Early Middle English)
• tuthe (Northern)

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).

Related terms

• toþen
• toþeles

Descendants

• English: tooth
• English: (West Yorkshire) tooith, toith
• English: (Ottawa-Valley) tuth, tut
• Scots: tuth, tuith

References

• “tọ̄th, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 14 May 2018.

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

• tusk

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