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Where does “τῷ” come from?

τῷ (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Hellenic ho, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.

Ancestry of “τῷ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Hellenichothat
2Proto-Indo-Europeansóthis; that
Every word from Proto-Indo-European só →