thigh

Meaning

1. The upper leg of a human, between the hip and the knee.
2. 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.

Synonyms

leg

🦵

upper leg

hip

lap

femur

haunch

quarter

foot

🦶

groin

crotch

second joint

hind leg

shank

ham

vastus lateralis

thighbone

thigh bone

rectus

thigh muscle

proximal segment

bird’s foot

arm

hing leg

bunch of flowers

buttock

buttocks

crutch

🩼

feet

🐾

flank

fourth

4th

gizzard

peg

servant

slave

stalk

stem

stick

Translations

cuisse

coscia

muslo

dij

Oberschenkel

Schenkel

coxa

μηρός

cuixa

bovenbeen

femur

فخذ

μπούτι

but

Pronounced as (IPA)

/θaɪ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: thigh

Inherited from Old English: þēoh

Cognate with Western Frisian: tsjea

Cognate with Dutch: dij

Cognate with Middle High German: diech

Cognate with Icelandic: þjó

Cognate with Irish: tóin

Cognate with Lithuanian: táukas

Cognate with Russian: тук

In summary

From Middle English thigh, thegh, thiȝ, theȝhe, þigh, þyȝh, from Old English þēoh, þīoh, from Proto-West Germanic *þeuh, from Proto-Germanic *þeuhą, from Proto-Indo-European *tewk-. See also West Frisian tsjea, Dutch dij, Middle High German diech, Icelandic þjó; also Irish tóin (“hind, rump”), Lithuanian táukas (“fat”), Russian тук (tuk, “animal fat”).