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Where does “theirn” come from?

theirn (English) comes from Middle English þeiren, from Middle English þeir, from Old Norse þeirra.

theirn (English): Theirs

Definitions

  1. Theirs

Ancestry of “theirn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishþeirenThird-person plural genitive pronoun: theirs
2Middle EnglishþeirThird-person plural possessive determiner: their
3Old Norseþeirra—

Words derived from “theirn”

  • their'n
Every word from Old Norse þeirra →