tomme.
inch (a unit of length equal to one-twelfth of a foot, in Denmark 2.62 cm until 1907; in English-speaking countries 2.54 cm)
Meaning & usage
inch (a unit of length equal to one-twelfth of a foot, in Denmark 2.62 cm until 1907; in English-speaking countries 2.54 cm)
Where this word comes from
From Old Danish thumæ, Old Norse *þumi, from Proto-Germanic *þumô, *þūmô (“thumb”). Cognate with Swedish tumme (“thumb”), German Daumen (“thumb”), and English thumb. As a measurements, it is originally equal to the width of a thumb. An old diminutive of this word is found in Danish tommel, tommelfinger (“thumb”), Old Norse þumalfingr (*þumalaz) and English thimble (*þūmilaz).
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