Words that come from Proto-Germanic “þam”

66 words across 24 languages descend from Proto-Germanic þam — including than, then, thin, thinner, thinly, ultrathin, thinnish, thinnet.

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English (20)

Dutch (7)

Middle English (5)

German (4)

Ido (3)

Old English (3)

Norwegian Nynorsk (3)

Swedish (2)

Gothic (2)

Middle Dutch (2)

Norwegian Bokmål (2)

Afrikaans (1)

Polish (1)

Elfdalian (1)

Chinese (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Old Norse (1)

Proto-Germanic (1)

Finnish (1)

Sranan Tongo (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Old High German (1)

Old Swedish (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)