Where does “þeir” come from?

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

þeir (Icelandic): nominative plural of the word hann meaning "he";...

Definitions

  1. nominative plural of the word hann meaning "he";...

Ancestry of “þeir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseþeirthose; they
2Proto-Germanicþaithey; those; nominative plural masculine of *sa
3Proto-Indo-Europeanto-it; that; the, that
4Proto-Indo-Europeansóthis; that
Every word from Proto-Indo-European só →Every word from Proto-Indo-European to- →Every word from Proto-Germanic þai →