Where does “toen” come from?

toen (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch doe, from Old Dutch thuo, from Proto-Germanic þō, from Proto-Germanic sa, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.

toen (Dutch): then, subsequently; back then, at the time, in...

Definitions

  1. then, subsequently; back then, at the time, in...

Ancestry of “toen”, step by step

toen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Dutch doe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchdoethen, at that time, at the time; then, after...
2Old Dutchthuo—
3Proto-Germanicþōthey, those
4Proto-Germanicsathat
5Proto-Indo-Europeansóthis; that

via Old English tān

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishtānsprig, twig; twig, switch
2Proto-West Germanic*taintwig
3Proto-Germanictainazrod; twig; straw; lot
4Proto-Indo-Europeandoynos—

Words derived from “toen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European só →Every word from Proto-Germanic sa →Every word from Proto-Germanic þō →