Editing Toe (section)

===Etymology===

==== {{Transliteration|ang|Tā}} ====
The [[Old English]] term for ''toe'' is {{Transliteration|ang|tā}} (plural {{Transliteration|ang|tān}}). This is a contraction of {{Transliteration|ang|tāhe}}, and derives from Proto-Germanic {{Lang|gem-x-proto|*taihwǭ}} (cognates: Old Norse {{Transliteration|non|tá}}, Old Frisian {{Transliteration|ofs|tāne}}, Middle Dutch {{Lang|dum|tee}}, Dutch {{Lang|nl|teen}} (perhaps originally a plural), Old High German {{Lang|goh|zēha}}, German {{Lang|de|Zehe}}), perhaps originally meaning 'fingers' as well (many [[Indo-European language]]s use one word to mean both 'fingers' and 'toes', e.g. ''digit''), and thus from PIE root {{Lang|ine-x-proto|*deyḱ-}} &mdash; 'to show'.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://etymonline.com |title=Online Etymology Dictionary |at=[http://etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=toe&searchmode=none Toe]}}</ref>

===={{Lang|la|Hallux}}====
[[File:PaluchUStopy.jpg|thumb|The big toe of a human]]

In classical Latin, {{Lang|la|hallex}},<ref name="Hyrtl1880">Hyrtl, J. (1880). ''Onomatologia Anatomica. Geschichte und Kritik der anatomischen Sprache der Gegenwart.'' Wien: Wilhelm Braumüller. K.K. Hof- und Universitätsbuchhändler. p. 248–249. [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/69009#page/270/mode/1up online] at Biodiversity Library.</ref><ref name="Triepel1908">Triepel, H. (1908). Memorial on the anatomical nomenclature of the anatomical society. In A. Rose (Ed.), ''Medical Greek. Collection of papers on medical onomatology and a grammatical guide to learn modern Greek'' (pp. 176–93). New York: Peri Hellados publication office.</ref> {{Lang|la|allex}},<ref name="Hyrtl1880" /><ref name="Lewis & Short">Lewis, C.T. & Short, C. (1879). ''A Latin dictionary founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary.'' Oxford: Clarendon Press.</ref> {{Lang|la|hallus}}<ref name="Hyrtl1880" /> and {{Lang|la|allus}},<ref name="Hyrtl1880" /> with genitive {{Lang|la|(h)allicis}} and {{Lang|la|(h)alli}}, are used to refer to the big toe. The form {{Lang|la|hallux}} (genitive, {{Lang|la|hallucis}}) currently in use is however a [[blend word]] of the aforementioned forms.<ref name="Hyrtl1880"/><ref name="Triepel1910b">Triepel, H. (1910). ''Die anatomischen Namen. Ihre Ableitung und Aussprache. Mit einem Anhang: Biographische Notizen.''(Dritte Auflage). Wiesbaden: Verlag J.F. Bergmann.</ref> Compare [[wikt:pollex|''pollex'']], the equivalent term for the [[thumb]].