Where does “theirn” come from?
theirn (English) comes from Middle English þeiren, from Middle English þeir, from Old Norse þeirra.
theirn (English): Theirs
Ancestry of “theirn”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | þeiren | Third-person plural genitive pronoun: theirs |
| 2 | Middle English | þeir | Third-person plural possessive determiner: their |
| 3 | Old Norse | þeirra | — |
Words derived from “theirn”