Where does “þessi” come from?

þessi (Icelandic) comes from Proto-Germanic *sa, from Proto-Austronesian *əsa, from Proto-Oceanic *isa.

þessi (Icelandic): this, that

Definitions

  1. this, that

Ancestry of “þessi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*sa
2Proto-Austronesian*əsa
3Proto-Oceanic*isa
Every word from Proto-Oceanic *isa
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