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English word thigh comes from Proto-Indo-European *tewk-, and later Proto-Germanic *þeuhą (Thigh.)
*tewk- (Proto-Indo-European)
*þeuhą (Proto-Germanic)
Thigh.
þīoh (Old English)
þeoh (Old English)
Thigh.
thehe (Middle English)
thigh (English)
That part of the leg of vertebrates (or sometimes other animals) which corresponds to the human thigh in position or function; the tibia of a horse, the tarsus of a bird; the third leg-section of an insect. [from 14th c.]. The upper leg of a human, between the hip and the knee. [from 8th c.].