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dij.

thigh

3 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/dɛi̯/
  1. thigh

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch die, from Old Dutch *thio, from Proto-West Germanic *þeuh, from Proto-Germanic *þeuhą. Compare West Frisian tsjea, English thigh, Icelandic þjó. The expected modern form would be *die. The diphthongised form may have originated in the plural, where Middle Dutch dien could easily become dîen. Note the variant knijen for knieën in Early Modern Dutch. In the case of dij, the diphthong was likely reinforced by desire to avoid homophony with die (pronoun).

pron/dɛi̯/
  1. Second-person singular, objective: thee

    archaic · obsolete · personal · pronoun
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch dî, from Old Dutch thī, from Proto-Germanic *þiz.

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