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 →Every word from Proto-Austronesian *əsa →Every word from Proto-Germanic *sa →