Where does “þá” come from?

þá (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse þá, from Germanic *þan, from Proto-Germanic þan, from Proto-Germanic þam, from Proto-Indo-European tóm, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.

þá (Icelandic): then, the past

Definitions

  1. then, the past

Ancestry of “þá”, step by step

þá traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Norse þá

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseþáthen, at that time; that; those
2Germanic*þan—
3Proto-Germanicþanthen, at that time
4Proto-Germanicþam—
5Proto-Indo-Europeantóm—
6Proto-Indo-Europeansóthis; that

via Old Norse hánn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsehánnhe third-person nominative singular masculine personal pronoun
2Proto-Norsehānaʀ—

Words derived from “þá”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European só →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tóm →Every word from Proto-Germanic þam →