Where does “þær” come from?

þær (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse þær, from Proto-Germanic þar, from Proto-Indo-European tar-, from Proto-Indo-European to-, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.

þær (Icelandic): they referring to an all-female group, nominative plural of the word hún

Definitions

  1. they referring to an all-female group, nominative plural of the word hún

Ancestry of “þær”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseþærthey, them; those; Alternative form of þar
2Proto-Germanicþarthere, in that place
3Proto-Indo-Europeantar-there
4Proto-Indo-Europeanto-it; that; the, that
5Proto-Indo-Europeansóthis; that
Every word from Proto-Indo-European só →Every word from Proto-Indo-European to- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tar- →